<?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[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or how bad am I?' That's where courage comes in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were a lot of strong riders there in the top six, but the track's a little slippery, a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36299]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were a lot of strong riders there in the top six, but the track's a little slippery, a little softer than I thought. So I had a hard time getting up to speed there, misjudged the sprint and, you know, got second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3046]]></link><description><![CDATA[A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Yet man is born ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me; the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel like we had something to play for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39140]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel like we had something to play for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15838]]></link><description><![CDATA[90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a fabulous mission for planetary science, and it is hard to see it come to an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't give someone all of your time if they're only gonna give you half of theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't give someone all of your time if they're only gonna give you half of theirs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tho' we earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen,  What we can we will be,   Honest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tho' we earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen,  What we can we will be,   Honest Englishmen.    Do the work that's nearest     Though it's dull at whiles,      Helping, when we meet them,       Lame dogs over stiles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15975]]></link><description><![CDATA[The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15431]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29556]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the truth in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the truth in action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's all kinds of things happening. It shuts out long weekends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's all kinds of things happening. It shuts out long weekends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing I can do is really mow the cover crop quite short so the sun can reach the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing I can do is really mow the cover crop quite short so the sun can reach the earth and the soil and really warm it quite a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. [Lat., Miserum est opus,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wretched business to be digging a well just as thirst is mastering you. [Lat., Miserum est opus,  Igitur demum fodere puteum, ubi sitis fauces tedet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This technique requires both sides of your brain -- analytical and creative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39266]]></link><description><![CDATA[This technique requires both sides of your brain -- analytical and creative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O little Force that in your agony Stood fast while England girt her armour on,  Held high our honour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57131]]></link><description><![CDATA[O little Force that in your agony Stood fast while England girt her armour on,  Held high our honour in your wounded hands,   Carried our honour safe with bleeding feet--    We have no glory great enough for you,     The very soul of Britain keeps your day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying. [Lat., Mater ait natae die natae filia natum  Ut moneat natae plangere filiolam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52636]]></link><description><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We laid out a lot of money on the thought that the rain forest is going to be in Johnson ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37849]]></link><description><![CDATA[We laid out a lot of money on the thought that the rain forest is going to be in Johnson County. Some of the initial interest did coincide with the rain forest going in Coralville. We had thought of marketing (Villages of Tiffin) as a less expensive option for businesses, and they would have the same access to some of the touristy type of attractions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are hard to get because not only were there four major hurricanes last year, but also winter storms this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31548]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are hard to get because not only were there four major hurricanes last year, but also winter storms this year caused great demand across the country. Manufacturers are producing them as fast as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,  I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,  I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14458]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always fun to go to a first-year event and see how it is and get to see a new, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30879]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always fun to go to a first-year event and see how it is and get to see a new, different golf course. [It's] another opportunity to play against the best, so it should be a good week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1704]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash--the Rupert of debate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21586]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information. -Kurt Vonnegut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was known as the chief grave robber of my state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57282]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the looks--not the lips, is the soul reflected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63041]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos of thought and passion all confused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos of thought and passion all confused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50937</guid></item></channel></rss>