<?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[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44611]]></link><description><![CDATA[How pleasant to know Mr. Lear! Who has written such volumes of stuff!  Some think him ill-tempered and queer,   But a few think him pleasant enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66782]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66559]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mohammed is all about the team, Mohammed is all about doing whatever it takes to win. He just demonstrates that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mohammed is all about the team, Mohammed is all about doing whatever it takes to win. He just demonstrates that day in and day out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23067]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -- that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son will be a gambler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50454]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son will be a gambler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't anthropomorphize computers -- they hate it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't anthropomorphize computers -- they hate it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They believe in their heart of hearts that their comprehensive plan is going to do more than Hilton's $70 per ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37308]]></link><description><![CDATA[They believe in their heart of hearts that their comprehensive plan is going to do more than Hilton's $70 per share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was believed before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference (not exclusive appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51891]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:  And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28629]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't win the presidency if you don't carry Florida. That gives us a leg up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. [Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Twain said `20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mark Twain said `20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off your bowline. Sail away from the safe harbor.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64527]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ Chronicles 15:7]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10423]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ Chronicles 15:7].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was battling that at-bat. I had two strikes and some runners on base. I was just trying to hit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31540]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was battling that at-bat. I had two strikes and some runners on base. I was just trying to hit the ball hard somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62440]]></link><description><![CDATA[You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100   There are great limits upon the human imagination. We can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100   There are great limits upon the human imagination. We can only rearrange the elements God has provided. No one can create a new primary color, a third sex, a fourth dimension, or a completely original animal. Even by writing a book, planting a garden, or begetting a child, we never create anything in the strict sense; we only take part in God's creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Christians are reluctant to become involved in public affairs be cause politics is a "dirty business", but the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many Christians are reluctant to become involved in public affairs be cause politics is a "dirty business", but the same people are generally quite happy to go into business life, which is in its way just as "dirty". If the dubious practices and moral compromises of every walk of life were dissected and made known with the glare of publicity which shines on the activities of politicians, then those who like to think that they can keep their hands clean would have very few professions to choose from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25665]]></link><description><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust"; Because, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24589]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to change the legend on our money from "In God We Trust" to "In Money We Trust"; Because, as a nation, we've got far more faith in money these days than we do in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion and atheism will both survive it [the musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2150]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10611]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who can't pay, gets another person who can't pay, to guarantee that he can pay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   O eternal God, who from all eternity dost behold and love thy own glories and perfections infinite, and hast created me to do the work of God after the manner of men, and to serve thee in this generation and according to my capacities, give me thy grace, that I may be a curious and prudent spender of my time, so as I may best prevent or resist all temptation, and be profitable to the Christian commonwealth, and, by discharging all my duty, may glorify thy name. Take from me all slothfulness, and give me a diligent and an active spirit, and wisdom to choose my employment; that I may do works proportionable to my person and to the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity; that, when the devil assaults me, he may not find me idle; and my dearest Lord, at his sudden coming, may find me busy in lawful, necessary, and pious actions, improving my talent entrusted to me by thee, my Lord; that I may enter into the joy of my Lord, to partake of his eternal felicities, even for thy mercy's sake, and for my dearest Saviour's sake. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39604]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that and make small changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept for young players to grasp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can have all he desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51172]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can have all he desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London is a roost for every bird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25454]]></link><description><![CDATA[London is a roost for every bird.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen. [Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44771]]></link><description><![CDATA[He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen. [Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13297]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,   And far away, o'er lawns and lakes,    Goes answering light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1752]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17952]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  Faith is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  Faith is not the holding of correct doctrines, but personal fellowship with the Living God... What is offered to man's apprehension in any specific revelation is not truth concerning God but the Living God Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7708</guid></item></channel></rss>