<?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[Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Direction is more important than speed. We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29760]]></link><description><![CDATA[I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History -- its what those bitter old men write. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19404]]></link><description><![CDATA[History -- its what those bitter old men write.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390]]></link><description><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than bytheir understandings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than bytheir understandings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable TV,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27171]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24596]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[October is a fine and dangerous season in America . . . a wonderful time to begin anything at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44900]]></link><description><![CDATA[October is a fine and dangerous season in America . . . a wonderful time to begin anything at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France. Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54488]]></link><description><![CDATA[St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France. Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18344]]></link><description><![CDATA[That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes. I think I'm going to stay. Everything is nice here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes. I think I'm going to stay. Everything is nice here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27224]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met. -Farrah Fawcett.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's finger touched him, and he slept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11405]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's finger touched him, and he slept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  ... it be a certain truth, that none can understand [the prophets' and apostles'] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth  ... it be a certain truth, that none can understand [the prophets' and apostles'] writings aright, without the same Spirit by which they were written.  ... The Journal of George Fox  March 20, 1999  Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  It is no longer the fashion to suffer for the sake of God, and to bear the Cross for Him; for the diligence and real earnestness, that perchance were found in man, have been extinguished and have grown cold; and now no one is willing any longer to suffer distress for the sake of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43223]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "NoShit!" or at least, "No kidding!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had started writing the fourth Whit Mosley book, ... I was 40 pages into it, and then Dutton asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37558]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had started writing the fourth Whit Mosley book, ... I was 40 pages into it, and then Dutton asked me if I would consider writing a standalone. The series novel can do a lot to build a loyal readership, but the standalone is sometimes easier for the publisher to market to a broader audience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape;  Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest   Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27959]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit;  'Twas Presbyterian true blue;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12627]]></link><description><![CDATA[For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit;  'Twas Presbyterian true blue;   For he was of that stubborn crew    Of errant saints, whom all men grant     To be the true Church Militant;      Such as do build their faith upon       The holy text of pike and gun;        Decide all controversies by         Infallible artillery;          And prove their doctrine orthodox,           By Apostolic blows and knocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15704]]></link><description><![CDATA[An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26193]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really, it?s interchangeable who plays the point, but having us both out there will feed our offense. My role now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Really, it?s interchangeable who plays the point, but having us both out there will feed our offense. My role now will to be a little more aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going out and doing focus groups to find out that your customer wants blue buttons on the screen instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going out and doing focus groups to find out that your customer wants blue buttons on the screen instead of red buttons is useful. But it's much more useful to have your customers creating those buttons beside you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's always happy, so that makes me really happy, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39363]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's always happy, so that makes me really happy, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19246]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me. Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am  To dress thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me. Here, love, thou seest how diligent I am  To dress thy meat myself and bring it thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5845</guid></item></channel></rss>