<?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[A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66349]]></link><description><![CDATA[A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37979]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't even know Michele before we started the show but we became great friends, and still are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65746]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to say how much love, is love but little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2168]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to say how much love, is love but little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy on N and N and on all that bear me ill will, and would me harm, and on their faults and mine together; and by such easy, tender, merciful means as Thine infinite wisdom best can divine, vouchsafe to amend and redress; and make us saved souls together in heaven where we may ever live and love together with Thee and Thy blessed saints, O glorious Trinity, for the bitter passion of our sweet saviour Christ, amen.   ... ascribed to Sir Thomas More  July 7, 2002   O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in thee; mercifully accept our prayers; and because, through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   ... Collect for the first Sunday after Trinity, The Book of Common Prayer [1928]  July 8, 2002   Happily for us, the fundamental Christian message concerns not what we ought to do, but what God has done and what God is willing to do. In fellowship with Him and with others who are likewise trying to be like Him, we can be lifted up above our native possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening  To silence, for no lonely bird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening  To silence, for no lonely bird would sing   Into his hollow ear from woods forlorn,    Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn;--     Shaking his languid locks all dewy bright      With tangled gossamer that fell by night,       Pearling his coronet of golden corn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a social process ... Education is growth.... Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's rapid economic g rowth has resulted in tremendous progress in reducing poverty and improving the lives of people gradually, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41090]]></link><description><![CDATA[China's rapid economic g rowth has resulted in tremendous progress in reducing poverty and improving the lives of people gradually,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bunch of youngsters entered a Muslim house (in Western Australia) and attacked a lady in the house and later ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29082]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bunch of youngsters entered a Muslim house (in Western Australia) and attacked a lady in the house and later admitted to police that they did that because they are Muslims,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many were not really wanting help. They wanted to get back. Sitting around was driving them crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33753]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many were not really wanting help. They wanted to get back. Sitting around was driving them crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027]]></link><description><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't control what you can't measure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26646]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't control what you can't measure]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266]]></link><description><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perish those who said our good things before we did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perish those who said our good things before we did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35134]]></link><description><![CDATA[A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night the very gods showed me a vision-- I fast and prayed for their intelligence--thus:  I saw Jove's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night the very gods showed me a vision-- I fast and prayed for their intelligence--thus:  I saw Jove's bird, the Roman eagle, winged   From the spongy south to this part of the west,    There vanished in the sunbeams; which portends,     Unless my sins abuse my divination,      Success to th' Roman host.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so close to Mexico, your Spanish needs to be great, better than great. It has to be perfect. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39246]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so close to Mexico, your Spanish needs to be great, better than great. It has to be perfect. You have to have excellent knowledge of the game and knowledge of the language. If not, the people will let you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, aggressive, intellectualized modes that may indeed cause them pain, for most women the ego is like a fragile African Violet, grown in secret from a seed, carefully nursed and fertilized and sheltered from too much sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41375]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are reports that some of the northerners attacked a primary school near the barracks this morning and killed some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36783]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are reports that some of the northerners attacked a primary school near the barracks this morning and killed some children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears I am destined for something; I will live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears I am destined for something; I will live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We stand for negotiations and emphasize that issues of this kind cannot be referred to the UN Security Council just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35735]]></link><description><![CDATA[We stand for negotiations and emphasize that issues of this kind cannot be referred to the UN Security Council just because of imagination about (Iran's) intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These findings suggest that developing ways to avoid holiday weight gain may be extremely important for preventing obesity and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34098]]></link><description><![CDATA[These findings suggest that developing ways to avoid holiday weight gain may be extremely important for preventing obesity and the diseases associated with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The living need charity more than the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5716]]></link><description><![CDATA[The living need charity more than the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27569]]></link><description><![CDATA[All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other things she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36168]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other things she was no longer able to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays  More than you rob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51002]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise after he is dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finance, like time, devours its own children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finance, like time, devours its own children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55157]]></link><description><![CDATA[If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arouse the mind without resting it on anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only pass when the opportunity rises. Everyone knows we do most of our work on the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29192]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only pass when the opportunity rises. Everyone knows we do most of our work on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think, oh, grateful think! How good the God of Harvest is to you;  Who pours abundance o'er your flowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think, oh, grateful think! How good the God of Harvest is to you;  Who pours abundance o'er your flowing fields,   While those unhappy partners of you kind    Wide-hover round you, like the fowls of heaven,     And ask their humble dole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9181]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2451]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable country. I refuse to accept the downsizing of the American Dream. I refuse to bet against American entrepreneurial spirit and American ingenuity.The competition's tough, and it requires us to be tougher - tough-minded, never hard hearted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet enables group play around the world, evolving gaming into more of a communal activity. As the games are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet enables group play around the world, evolving gaming into more of a communal activity. As the games are being embraced on a larger scale, it has enough merit to warrant these competitions. ... People can be pessimistic about trends and their longevity. They were right about disco, but not right about rap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41518]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will cancel the results of any polling center, inside or outside of Iraq, if it has been proven that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34841]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will cancel the results of any polling center, inside or outside of Iraq, if it has been proven that there was fraud in there. To this day, I don't think there is a reason to cancel the entire elections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34841</guid></item></channel></rss>