<?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[Seek first to understand and then to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek first to understand and then to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/677]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next to last mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next to last mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it does stand out [my clothing], then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8895]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it does stand out [my clothing], then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn while you're young', he often said, 'there is much to enjoy, down here below, life for the living, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn while you're young', he often said, 'there is much to enjoy, down here below, life for the living, and rest for the dead!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15511]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36885]]></link><description><![CDATA[The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy always came after pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy always came after pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's basically the same, just darker.(on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's basically the same, just darker.(on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love once pleads admission to our hearts, (In spite of all the virtue we can boast),  The woman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25610]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love once pleads admission to our hearts, (In spite of all the virtue we can boast),  The woman that deliberates is lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods only laugh when people ask them for money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iraqi forces will be defensive in nature, composed of volunteers only. The military will serve their people without religious or sectarian or tribal or political discrimination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensationand specificity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensationand specificity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16420]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56560]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slander is like a hornet; if you can't kill it dead the first time, better not strike at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man meets his Waterloo at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man meets his Waterloo at last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is how it happens. We get the Dream, but we don't get to dictateevery step toward the dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21452]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is how it happens. We get the Dream, but we don't get to dictateevery step toward the dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5277]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31280]]></link><description><![CDATA[These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a couple of possessions away. We just couldn't get that one basket. They hit their free throws at the end, which did it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a black and white issue - it's not a question of whether we care or don't. It's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a black and white issue - it's not a question of whether we care or don't. It's not an either/or issue and does us no good to set this example for our kids or community-at-large, to reduce our concerns to simplistic clichÃƒÂ…Ã‚Â½s. Just because something has been declared legal doesn't mean that it is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly some men there be That live always in great horrour,  And say it goeth by destiny   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly some men there be That live always in great horrour,  And say it goeth by destiny   To hang or wed: both hath one hour;    And whether it be, I am well sure,     Hanging is better of the twain;      Sooner done, and shorter pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the plays in the first half are to see how they react to formations, motions, that kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38263]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the plays in the first half are to see how they react to formations, motions, that kind of thing. A lot of the first half is trial, but that's no excuse for us not moving the ball. The plays are still supposed to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15549]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As he cobbled and hammered from morning till dark, With the footgear to mend on his knees,  Stitching patches, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56210]]></link><description><![CDATA[As he cobbled and hammered from morning till dark, With the footgear to mend on his knees,  Stitching patches, or pegging on soles as he sang,   Out of tune, ancient catches and glees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A normal show would cost somebody to have a professional handler, about $75 a show. At Westminster, because the handlers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33827]]></link><description><![CDATA[A normal show would cost somebody to have a professional handler, about $75 a show. At Westminster, because the handlers are all champions, the fees can more than double. Probably more like $200,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moments of complete apathy are the best for new creations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang  Shoots through the conscious heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang  Shoots through the conscious heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations have spent millions capturing, analyzing and applying customer intelligence with the goal of growing revenues by increasing focus on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations have spent millions capturing, analyzing and applying customer intelligence with the goal of growing revenues by increasing focus on customer-centric strategy and execution. We believe forward thinking organizations will continue to invest in select technology enablers, process development, performance measurement capabilities and services that empower them to apply customer intelligence towards better decision-making in support of more profitable growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate;  The lonely mountains soar in scorn   As still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lonely sunsets flare forlorn Down valleys dreadly desolate;  The lonely mountains soar in scorn   As still as death, as stern as fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work at it night and day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work at it night and day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The current earnings and the forward-looking guidance, in general, have not met expectations among a lot of companies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The current earnings and the forward-looking guidance, in general, have not met expectations among a lot of companies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62840]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we can't get it together [in the face of Hurricane Katrina], ... So imagine a country that's very poor, with a clunky bureaucracy. The ability to coordinate and manage this sort of crisis, especially in a country with corruption, high levels of alcoholism and a top-heavy bureaucracy, is challenging.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CONSIDERING THE VOID When I behold the charmof evening skies, their lulling endurance;the patterns of stars with namesof bears and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46793]]></link><description><![CDATA[CONSIDERING THE VOID When I behold the charmof evening skies, their lulling endurance;the patterns of stars with namesof bears and dogs, a swan, a virgin;other planets that the Voyager showed were like and so unlike our own,with all their diverse moons,bright discs, weird rings, and cratered faces;comets with their streaming tailsbent by pressure from our sun;the skyscape of our Milky Wayholding in its shimmering discan infinity of suns(or say a thousand billion);knowing there are holes of darknessgulping mass and even light,knowing that this galaxy of oursis one of multitudesin what we call the heavens,it troubles me. It troubles me.-President Jimmy Carter- (he has written a volume of poetry as well as a novel, The Hornet's Nest,about the Revolutionary War).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A normal show would cost somebody to have a professional handler, about $75 a show. At Westminster, because the handlers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33825]]></link><description><![CDATA[A normal show would cost somebody to have a professional handler, about $75 a show. At Westminster, because the handlers are all champions, the fees can more than double. Probably more like $200.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.But, since there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22358]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best.But, since there's no real market for masturbation I had to fall back onmy bass playing abilities.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22358</guid></item></channel></rss>