<?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[Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our principal drive is not to negotiate with hostage-takers and not to negotiate with terrorists, and this is where we find our strength is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents of low-lying areas, mobile homes and tents should reach higher ground now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Residents of low-lying areas, mobile homes and tents should reach higher ground now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Christianity should happen to be true -- that is to say, if its God is the real God of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7552]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Christianity should happen to be true -- that is to say, if its God is the real God of the universe -- then defending it may mean talking about anything and everything. Things can be irrelevant to the proposition that Christianity is false, but nothing can be irrelevant to the proposition that Christianity is true. [All] things not only may have something to do with the Christian God, but must have something to do with Him if He lives and reigns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud of paying taxes. The only thing is--I could be just as proud for half the money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27846]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud of paying taxes. The only thing is--I could be just as proud for half the money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17145]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.   - George Washington,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27892]]></link><description><![CDATA[The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It recognized that a number of people had made housing choices on the assumption that they had raised their children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38051]]></link><description><![CDATA[It recognized that a number of people had made housing choices on the assumption that they had raised their children and had made a conscious decision to chose a lifestyle without (other people's) children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to do something different and winning this is just an extra benefit. It was kind of a bummer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37930]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to do something different and winning this is just an extra benefit. It was kind of a bummer last year to get DQ for that. Things happen, but that's racing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foolish ofttimes teach the wise: I strain too much this string of life, belike,  Meaning to make such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foolish ofttimes teach the wise: I strain too much this string of life, belike,  Meaning to make such music as shall save.   Mine eyes are dim now that they see the truth,    My strength is waned now that my need is most;     Would that I had such help as man must have,      For I shall die, whose life was all men's hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. I hope I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I've wronged or caused to suffer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A late lark twitters from the quiet skies: And from the west,  Where the sun, his day's work ended, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44525]]></link><description><![CDATA[A late lark twitters from the quiet skies: And from the west,  Where the sun, his day's work ended,   Lingers as in content,    There falls on the old, gray city     An influence luminous and serene,      A shining peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15690]]></link><description><![CDATA[A financier is a pawn-broker with imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man listens to the voice of the tempter within him, he is inclined to do as others do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7817]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man listens to the voice of the tempter within him, he is inclined to do as others do, not to resist when temptation seems great. But when he looks into the laws of God, and hears the words of Christ, his natural sense of right and wrong is restored to him, and he becomes elevated, purified, and sanctified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the ways that I could contribute was to shill some memorabilia, and the other was to talk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29975]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the ways that I could contribute was to shill some memorabilia, and the other was to talk to you and try to get people to pay attention to this auction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19199]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the beneficiary of a lucky break in the genetic sweepstakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16008]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't able despite all efforts to reach solutions that would satisfy everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36211]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't able despite all efforts to reach solutions that would satisfy everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big thing for her was that she rebounded well. She scored and hit the big shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big thing for her was that she rebounded well. She scored and hit the big shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so; and he that does but suspect I will deceive him gives me a sort of right to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64334]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32666]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16786]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the cookies of life, friends are the chocolate chips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All sorts and conditions of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26259]]></link><description><![CDATA[All sorts and conditions of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea,  The orange flower perfumes the bower, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea,  The orange flower perfumes the bower,   The breeze is on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27719]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them -which- we are missing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks;  And when she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks;  And when she winds them round a young man's neck,   She will not ever set him free again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee will repay thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16966]]></link><description><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, March! we know thou art Kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and threats,  And, out of sight, art nursing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, March! we know thou art Kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and threats,  And, out of sight, art nursing April's violets!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62730</guid></item></channel></rss>