<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put a burning wedding invitation to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53177]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I did was pour out about a gallon of Chanel Number Five and put a burning wedding invitation to it, and boom, I'm recycling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4437]]></link><description><![CDATA[This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on soaring pinions hover'd o'er   The lofty palace then his own no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pen is mightier then a sword as a sword may only take life while a pen can change the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/537]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pen is mightier then a sword as a sword may only take life while a pen can change the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23571]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world has lost its quintessential romantic icon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world has lost its quintessential romantic icon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to his vision. The foundation of this team happened through Bob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32791]]></link><description><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47248]]></link><description><![CDATA[A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11057]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54883]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to good conduct is never too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51198]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to good conduct is never too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to continue to work and focus on defense. We aren't being given much respect as a team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31609]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to continue to work and focus on defense. We aren't being given much respect as a team to go out and make a run at this, so we are anxious to prove that we are a force to be reckoned with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who goes out alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who goes out alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31709]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play it safe. Second is good, but I'm sure the others will be pushing hard tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that little more which is worth all the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather show us to be what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8716]]></link><description><![CDATA[For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather show us to be what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't define what they were going to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37883]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't define what they were going to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune reigns in gifts of the world. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune reigns in gifts of the world. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[just a fun thing for me to do with a good friend who has meant a great deal for me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30352]]></link><description><![CDATA[just a fun thing for me to do with a good friend who has meant a great deal for me and my family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34910]]></link><description><![CDATA[[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine cones.] I was making little pine-cone people with razor blades, ... That's all I did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the yeere is, your pot must seeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49136]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59305]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25625]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55409]]></link><description><![CDATA[One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253  Thou knowest how far Thou hast already changed me, who first healed me of the lust of vindicating myself, that so Thou mightest forgive all the rest of my iniquities, and heal all my infirmities, and redeem my life from corruption, and crown me with mercy and pity, and satisfy my desire with good things; who didst curb my pride with Thy fear, and tame my neck to Thy yoke. And now I bear it and it is light unto me, because so hast Thou promised, and hast made it; and verily it was so, and I knew it not, when I feared to take it.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine    October 10, 1999  Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  Wilberforce, Lord Shaftesbury, and many other evangelicals, have been leaders in social reform, but it was not their religion. Their efforts succeeded because they put first things first, and believed firmly in the Word of God, in the conversion of the individual, in prayer, and in using spiritual means for spiritual work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime a kid wins, it's awesome, and I'm so excited for the guys who do make it. But I'm heartbroken ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime a kid wins, it's awesome, and I'm so excited for the guys who do make it. But I'm heartbroken for the kids who don't. You never win. When you bring 12 it's tough to win them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To illustrate the difference between the innovator and the dull crowd of routinists who cannot even imagine that any improvement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52022]]></link><description><![CDATA[To illustrate the difference between the innovator and the dull crowd of routinists who cannot even imagine that any improvement is possible, we need only refer to a passage in Engel's most famous book. Here, in 1878, Engels apodictically announced that military weapons are "now so perfected that no further progress of any revolutionizing influence is any longer possible." Henceforth "all further [technological] progress is by and large indifferent for land warfare. The age of evolution is in this regard essentially closed." This complacent conclusion shows in what the achievement of the innovator consists: he accomplishes what other people believe to be unthinkable and unfeasible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella no matter which way you turned, you got it in the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8805]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then let me quaff the foamy tide, And through the dance meandering glide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then let me quaff the foamy tide, And through the dance meandering glide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our common Father and Deliverer, to whose prudence, wisdom and valour we owe our Peace, Liberty and Safety, now leads ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our common Father and Deliverer, to whose prudence, wisdom and valour we owe our Peace, Liberty and Safety, now leads and directs in the great councils of the nation . . . and now we celebrate an independent Government--an original Constitution! an independent Legislature, at the head of which we this day celebrate, The Father of his Country--We celebrate Washington! We celebrate an independent Empire!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050]]></link><description><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service done   By willing and discerning souls was glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -Eleanor Roosevelt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be really tight by the time we get down there to you guys. Everyone will have a really good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32554]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be really tight by the time we get down there to you guys. Everyone will have a really good time. It's trite to say thanks to the fans, but we really mean it. We look forward to rocking everyone's socks off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63728</guid></item></channel></rss>