<?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[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy has failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. It is the only power in the world that seems to overcome the so-called "laws of nature"; the occasions on which prayer has dramatically done this have been termed "miracles". But a constant, quieter miracle takes place hourly in the hearts of men and women who have discovered that prayer supplies them with a steady flow of sustaining power in their daily lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, after a long pause in talks, which lasted more than a year, it would be too optimistic to expect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28845]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, after a long pause in talks, which lasted more than a year, it would be too optimistic to expect any radical breakthroughs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stars are the daisies that begem The blue fields of the sky,  Beheld by all, and everywhere,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stars are the daisies that begem The blue fields of the sky,  Beheld by all, and everywhere,   Bright prototypes on high.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the mist]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice  To our own lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51380]]></link><description><![CDATA[This even-handed justice Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice  To our own lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the wind Wails so in winter for the summer's dead,  And all sad sounds are nature's funeral cries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the wind Wails so in winter for the summer's dead,  And all sad sounds are nature's funeral cries   For what has been and is not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He not busy being born is busy dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21288]]></link><description><![CDATA[He not busy being born is busy dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15760]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62450]]></link><description><![CDATA[No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's going to be very difficult for the judge to find penalties that could indeed be construed as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42054]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's going to be very difficult for the judge to find penalties that could indeed be construed as forward-looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul  Under the ribs of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul  Under the ribs of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom.(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom.(New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when asked how he pronounced his name, 1966)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61628]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56896]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16154</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[It's quite an honor to win an award that gives recognition to the student-athlete. Obviously, it's what Division III is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39635]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's quite an honor to win an award that gives recognition to the student-athlete. Obviously, it's what Division III is a lot about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, try Westminister, and view   Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His tongue is now a stringless instrument; Words, life, and all, old Lancaster hath spent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56470]]></link><description><![CDATA[His tongue is now a stringless instrument; Words, life, and all, old Lancaster hath spent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60619]]></link><description><![CDATA[No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is also to be found in a day's work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is also to be found in a day's work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Production is the only answer to inflation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Production is the only answer to inflation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15714]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm extremely proud of the kids. We hit this road trip (East won at Green River 72-67 Friday) head on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm extremely proud of the kids. We hit this road trip (East won at Green River 72-67 Friday) head on and got two big wins. We played with as much intensity and we've had all year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56476]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't tell you I'm satisfied with the results of the whole camera situation, because I'm not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28711]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't tell you I'm satisfied with the results of the whole camera situation, because I'm not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55069]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. -Herman Melville.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or circumstantial disabilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12355]]></link><description><![CDATA[A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or circumstantial disabilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam was a development project. He had never raced before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adam was a development project. He had never raced before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentence first, verdict afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentence first, verdict afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know how to live the time that is given you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know how to live the time that is given you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the dead bury their dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the dead bury their dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65817]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58663]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33119]]></link><description><![CDATA[We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5259</guid></item></channel></rss>