<?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[We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. It's the same with the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the best world, that we live in, To lend and to spend and to give in:  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62186]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the best world, that we live in, To lend and to spend and to give in:  But to borrow, or beg, or to get a man's own,   It is the worst world that ever was known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boll is playing hurt right now, but I need her on defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boll is playing hurt right now, but I need her on defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[fervently denies any formal or informal charges by the FBI or the Department of Justice that he has in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28920]]></link><description><![CDATA[fervently denies any formal or informal charges by the FBI or the Department of Justice that he has in the past supported or currently is supporting terrorism and terrorist activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is a man's compass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is a man's compass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963]]></link><description><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they may not have the rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18020]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just saw a big sign with the F-word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32093]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just saw a big sign with the F-word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant at Church and 'Change; his gains were sure; His givings rare, save farthings to the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant at Church and 'Change; his gains were sure; His givings rare, save farthings to the poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We looked like a completely different team in the second half. We built momentum and started attacking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35227]]></link><description><![CDATA[We looked like a completely different team in the second half. We built momentum and started attacking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4315]]></link><description><![CDATA[For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't mind being the underdogs. We'll take it and ride it. Do we want respect? Yeah, we want respect. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28589]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't mind being the underdogs. We'll take it and ride it. Do we want respect? Yeah, we want respect. But the only way you can get it is by earning it. We don't mind doing that. That's what we've had to do all year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy,  For the apparel oft proclaims the man,   And they in France of the best rank and station    Are of a most select and generous chief in that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good game for, not bad at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33455]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good game for, not bad at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47030]]></link><description><![CDATA[You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47091]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of true Christianity:   In short, all know, or very short may know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39713]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be the make-or-break of getting that job. Obviously, your appearance matters. It helps with your self-esteem. You definitely, definitely want to put your best foot forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is HUGE! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23143]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is HUGE!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, andevermore he takes the Tool of Thought, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, and Man is Mind, andevermore he takes the Tool of Thought, and shaping what he wills, bringsforth a thousand joys, a thousand ills-He thinks in secret and it comes topass; Environment is but his looking-glass. As A Man Thinketh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20513]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2486]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present master to thy former one." [Lat., Odiosum est enim, cum a praetereuntibus dicatur:--O domus antiqua, heu, quam dispari dominare domino.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39089]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gives quietness at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52811]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gives quietness at last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In his old lunes again. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55371]]></link><description><![CDATA[In his old lunes again. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6078]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving energy and stress. That's a time shift. William Jennings Bryan Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13719]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10564]]></link><description><![CDATA[... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the red rising moon, and loud and deep The nightingale is singing from the steep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44550]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the red rising moon, and loud and deep The nightingale is singing from the steep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century   The man who has never had religion before, no more grows religious when he is sick, than a man who has never learned figures can count when he has need of calculation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't usually look to take on the Legislature over something. We make our living working with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't usually look to take on the Legislature over something. We make our living working with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leap year Is never a good sheep year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56162]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leap year Is never a good sheep year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26032]]></link><description><![CDATA[People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is more than four bare legs in a bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2049</guid></item></channel></rss>