<?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[It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57527]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, so what?, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, so what?,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48152]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better thanyou could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. [Lat., Ut adversas res, secundas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48484]]></link><description><![CDATA[It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. [Lat., Ut adversas res, secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27920]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just have to take charge and get the job done, we had our opportunities and that's the name of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38262]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just have to take charge and get the job done, we had our opportunities and that's the name of the game. You have to lay it on the line and get it done and those who make the plays win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;  We bear the burden and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24835]]></link><description><![CDATA[With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;  We bear the burden and the heat   Of the long day, and wish 'twere done.    Not till the hours of light return     All we have built as we discern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  The progress of mankind has always depended upon those who, seemingly isolated and powerless in their own day, have seen their vision and remained true to it. In the darkening corridors of time, they preserved integral their vision of the daylight at the end. This is a matter not of calculation but of faith. Our work may be small and its results invisible to us. But we may rest assured it will come to fruition in God's good time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56707]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ON THE SECOND BOAT!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True or true? Yes or yes?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22431]]></link><description><![CDATA[True or true? Yes or yes?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased,  The which observed, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48463]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased,  The which observed, a man may prophesy,   With a near aim, of the main chance of things    As yet not come to life, which in their seeds     And weak beginnings lie intreasured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He played awesome. This is the year he needs to break out and believe in his game. I believe he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37068]]></link><description><![CDATA[He played awesome. This is the year he needs to break out and believe in his game. I believe he hit a stepping stone in doing so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44847]]></link><description><![CDATA[To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60835]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EPIPHANY  A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The very best way to send an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6525]]></link><description><![CDATA[EPIPHANY  A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The very best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a Person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55495]]></link><description><![CDATA[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65314]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His honesty and sanity were questioned. On his deathbed, he was a bitter person. Unfortunately, he didn't live quite long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38721]]></link><description><![CDATA[His honesty and sanity were questioned. On his deathbed, he was a bitter person. Unfortunately, he didn't live quite long enough to see this rediscovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -Frank Zappa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  If you ask me how I believe in God, how God creates Himself in me, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  If you ask me how I believe in God, how God creates Himself in me, and reveals Himself to me, my answer may perhaps provoke your smiles or laughter, and even scandalize you. I believe in God as I believe in my friends, because I feel the breath of His affection, feel His invisible and intangible hand drawing me, leading me, grasping me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage is not the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage is not the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16696]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength without judgment falls by its own weight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, issues of ethics and corruption will be playing a significant role in our discussions of politics in the ensuing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, issues of ethics and corruption will be playing a significant role in our discussions of politics in the ensuing months. The longer this goes on, the more pressure on candidates from both parties to discuss how they will clean up the system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first two years we'll probably take 10 because we want to build a nice foundation. After that, we'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38780]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first two years we'll probably take 10 because we want to build a nice foundation. After that, we'll probably do it more like the major league hall where there is no guaranteed amount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14754]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the Dove AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, andbeing carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point ofdrowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water pluckeda leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The Antclimbed onto it and floated in safety to the bank. Shortlyafterwards a birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and laidhis lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in the branches. The Ant,perceiving his design, stung him in the foot. In pain thebirdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise made the Dovetake wing.One good turn deserves another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17024]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin to Pooh]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a child of his environment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a child of his environment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget that a half truth is a whole lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're in the minority. They're on the fringe and we need to keep them there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39499]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're in the minority. They're on the fringe and we need to keep them there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710   The purpose of religion -- at any rate, the Christian religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710   The purpose of religion -- at any rate, the Christian religion -- is not to get you into heaven, but to get heaven into you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2615]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32723]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents can't get home from work in time to watch their children play, and kids who'd like to play don't get a chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,   Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,    The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am proud to be a Democrat. Unfortunately, some of my political opponents are attempting to mislead the residents of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am proud to be a Democrat. Unfortunately, some of my political opponents are attempting to mislead the residents of the 19th District about who I am and the values that I hold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a hug that said you're not alone. It was a hug that, just when I thought all my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a hug that said you're not alone. It was a hug that, just when I thought all my strength was used up, and I couldn't go on, renewed me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55614]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here we will sit and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There 's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins. Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30126]]></link><description><![CDATA[the best, the most skillful, the most devious and the most cunning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every disasters screams for humor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every disasters screams for humor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12386</guid></item></channel></rss>