<?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[To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13047]]></link><description><![CDATA[To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare not hope to please a Cinna's ear. Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear;  Harsh are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare not hope to please a Cinna's ear. Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear;  Harsh are the sweetest lays that I can bring,   So screams a goose where swans melodious sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a precautionary measure. It adds another layer of service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34177]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a precautionary measure. It adds another layer of service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've trained harder, I'm better, I'm stronger, the blood of a champion runs through my veins, I've earned this opportunity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40331]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've trained harder, I'm better, I'm stronger, the blood of a champion runs through my veins, I've earned this opportunity, I'll earn this victory, I've already won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23427]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is going to the negotiations with a certain degree of optimism, hoping that in the long run it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is going to the negotiations with a certain degree of optimism, hoping that in the long run it will be possible to settle all the remaining problems]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the great winds shoreward blow, / Now the salt tides seaward flow; / Now the wild white horses play, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the great winds shoreward blow, / Now the salt tides seaward flow; / Now the wild white horses play, / Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These two, and the U.S. team, are in such a good space right now. They are strictly tunnel vision. No ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33351]]></link><description><![CDATA[These two, and the U.S. team, are in such a good space right now. They are strictly tunnel vision. No distractions. No reason for distractions. I think they're going in as strong as they could be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56858]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they preach and the program they project, breed fanaticism, enthusiasm, fervent hope, hatred and intolerance; all of them are capable of releasing a powerful flow of activity in certain departments of life; all of them demand blind faith and singlehearted allegiance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the president does it, that means it is not illegal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47309]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the day, do the day's work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58306]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the day, do the day's work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half this game is ninety percent mental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half this game is ninety percent mental.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45987]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will  To take the indisposed and sickly fit  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12499]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will  To take the indisposed and sickly fit   For the sound man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin  At him here;   But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18887]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin  At him here;   But the old three-cornered hat    And the breeches and all that     Are so queer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool must now and then be right by chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16335]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool must now and then be right by chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51412]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no means that exempt us from the task and duty of joining our own best endeavors. The original stock, or wild olive tree, of our natural powers, was not given to us to be burnt or blighted, but to be grafted on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64828]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13017]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18146]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the place;The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reprove:These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please;These were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled. - Deserted Village, The.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65665]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24630]]></link><description><![CDATA[My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26106]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate thatprogress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward yourgoals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem. . . Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With vollies of eternal babble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58605]]></link><description><![CDATA[With vollies of eternal babble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53958]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see you have a singing face--a heavy, dull, sonata face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56454]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see you have a singing face--a heavy, dull, sonata face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pleased with our Triple-A roster, particularly the rotation because there are so many good young arms there. It's hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35901]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pleased with our Triple-A roster, particularly the rotation because there are so many good young arms there. It's hard to handicap teams at Triple-A, because you don't know what the league will be like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mark of a good leader is to know when it's time to follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/837]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mark of a good leader is to know when it's time to follow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost a death wish in a way. What (the Tories) should be doing is trying to attract the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost a death wish in a way. What (the Tories) should be doing is trying to attract the best and the brightest to Ottawa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great things are only possible with outrageous requests. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great things are only possible with outrageous requests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35821]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a lot of players with a lot of potential. My team is getting better and better, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a lot of players with a lot of potential. My team is getting better and better, but I prefer a team to a collection of stars. As a manager, you can never depend on one player. If he is injured, sick or thinks 'today I won't work' then you will lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9343</guid></item></channel></rss>