<?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[The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water which is too pure has no fish ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water which is too pure has no fish]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Top presenters have total control of their fears. They make fear their slave, not the master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14649]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most important lessons that experience teaches is that, on the whole, success depends more upon character than upon either intellect or fortune]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was always kind of the nice guy in the good cop-bad cop thing. But it's not like he tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30485]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was always kind of the nice guy in the good cop-bad cop thing. But it's not like he tells us to do something now and we're like, 'OK, whatever, J.J.' Everybody respects him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[bring stability to the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28273]]></link><description><![CDATA[bring stability to the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the guns begin to shoot!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire to belong is partly a desire to lose oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53935]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man with a soul is not like every other man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64197]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man with a soul is not like every other man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered which hurts the most: saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing, and wishing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered which hurts the most: saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing, and wishing you had?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality begins on the inside... and then works its way out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/92]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/92</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26984]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12187]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26290]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything comes if a man will only wait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything comes if a man will only wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[there's nothing to go back to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40062]]></link><description><![CDATA[there's nothing to go back to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is just a record of one\'s whole life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is just a record of one\'s whole life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever any one does or says, I must be good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever any one does or says, I must be good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole discord of this world consists in discords. [Lat., Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9972]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole discord of this world consists in discords. [Lat., Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discordibus constat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women, can't live with them, can't live without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfect example of the new republic's urge to drape itself with the togas of classical respectability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion follows close on mistrust. [Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion follows close on mistrust. [Ger., Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yea, at that very moment Consideration like an angel came  And whipped th' offending Adam out of him,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yea, at that very moment Consideration like an angel came  And whipped th' offending Adam out of him,   Leaving his body as a paradise    T' envelop and contain celestial spirits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe it or not, he has dedicated his life and his ideal to his country and to his nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, he has dedicated his life and his ideal to his country and to his nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24313]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44195]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service ofothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21100]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service ofothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And daisy-stars, whose firmament is green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10990]]></link><description><![CDATA[And daisy-stars, whose firmament is green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's my first feel for running in traffic. You have to get the feel for losing down force and play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's my first feel for running in traffic. You have to get the feel for losing down force and play with that. Nothing at all has surprised me so far. We just have to learn to play in traffic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make war that we may live in peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61128]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make war that we may live in peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moe was like their child in many ways, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moe was like their child in many ways,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding,  Let us chime in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4110]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding,  Let us chime in a peal, one and all,   For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4110</guid></item></channel></rss>