<?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[Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On such an occasion as this, All time and nonsense scorning,  Nothing shall come amiss,   And we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15586]]></link><description><![CDATA[On such an occasion as this, All time and nonsense scorning,  Nothing shall come amiss,   And we won't go home till morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3284]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so easy, to think about love, to talk about love, to wish for love. But it's not always easy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so easy, to think about love, to talk about love, to wish for love. But it's not always easy, to recognize love. Even when we hold it....in our hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17637]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're bored with life -- you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things -- you don't have enough goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/376]]></link><description><![CDATA[High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet. [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Down comes rain drop, bubble follows; On the house-top one by one  Flock the synagogue of swallows,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Down comes rain drop, bubble follows; On the house-top one by one  Flock the synagogue of swallows,   Met to vote that autumn's gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. -Helen Douglas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Observe the opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Observe the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the short and the long of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55358]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the short and the long of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my works? I have an excellent reason; it is lest you should present me with yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth ... Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth ... Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   Who seeks for heaven alone to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul  May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;  While he who walks in love may wander far,  Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every country has the government it deserves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every country has the government it deserves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write them, above all, in your heart; there they can be neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write them, above all, in your heart; there they can be neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them wherever you go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64121]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of my fun things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 It's true we cannot reach Christ's forti'th day Yet to go part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 It's true we cannot reach Christ's forti'th day Yet to go part of that religious way   Is better than to rest: We cannot reach our Savior's purity; Yet we are bid, 'Be holy ev'n as He':   In both let's do our best. Who goeth in the way which Christ hath gone Is much more sure to meet with Him than one   That traveleth by-ways; Perhaps my God, though He be far before,  May turn, and take me by the hand, and more,   May strengthen my decays. Yet, Lord, instruct us to improve our fast By starving sin, and taking such repast   As may our faults control; That ev'ry man may revel at his door, Not in his parlor -- banquetting the poor,   And among those, his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56496]]></link><description><![CDATA[An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce it was simple to setup and I was immediately able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce it was simple to setup and I was immediately able to start sending emails without having to deal with a confusing list import process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time nor tide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time nor tide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a couple 70-degree days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble is sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble is sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24645]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covetousnesse breaks the bag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Covetousnesse breaks the bag.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But each day brings from its pretty dust Our soon choked souls to fill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57268]]></link><description><![CDATA[But each day brings from its pretty dust Our soon choked souls to fill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest... And of what consequence is it what kind of death puts an end to life, since he who has died once is not forced to go through the same ordeal a second time? They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17863]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the way it's been all year. Every game, we find new ways to win. We're always finding something new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33395]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the way it's been all year. Every game, we find new ways to win. We're always finding something new and different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good excuse not to play football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2889]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No conclusion has been reached ... there's still no word what caused this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33812]]></link><description><![CDATA[No conclusion has been reached ... there's still no word what caused this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study to be quiet, and to do your own business. [1 Thessalonians 4:11].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19476]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it's warm and you won't see the dust on the floor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it's warm and you won't see the dust on the floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was smiling yesterday,I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow.Simply because life is too short to cry for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was smiling yesterday,I am smiling today and I will smile tomorrow.Simply because life is too short to cry for anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos modios ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos modios salis absumpseris.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out, you impostors! Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill  Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out, you impostors! Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill  Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why can't they have gay people in the army? Personally, I think they are just afraid of a thousand guys with M16s going, "Who'd you call a faggot?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as you follow the new procedural rules, it shouldn't hurt you that bad if the bankruptcy is really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35018]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as you follow the new procedural rules, it shouldn't hurt you that bad if the bankruptcy is really warranted,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35018</guid></item></channel></rss>