<?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[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us -- an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation. Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God...  Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment. Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you...  Prayer is communion. Prayer is a means, but often it is an end in itself. There are times when your own wants and the needs of others drop away and you want just to look on His face and tell Him how much you love Him...  Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night was our friend, our leader was Despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64188]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. He gave me this advice, his companion replied. Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one time in your life, train with the will to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61586]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While you live, tell truth and shame the devil! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55875]]></link><description><![CDATA[While you live, tell truth and shame the devil! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt  Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak   Than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt  Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak   Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man,    Dressed in a little brief authority,     Most ignorant of what he's most assured      His glassy essence--like an angry ape       Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven        As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,         would all themselves laugh mortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37986]]></link><description><![CDATA[All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light: when we see them in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light: when we see them in the hand of God, Who dispenses them; when we know that it is our loving Father who abases and distresses us; our sufferings will lose their bitterness and become even a matter of consolation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is politics, raw and urgent. What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless attempt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36899]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is politics, raw and urgent. What is happening across the pages of almost every newspaper is a ruthless attempt to destroy the young challenger among the Tory modernizers' camp and to keep the Conservatives firmly on the right of British politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where this could hurt the company is in its reputation of not being a great place to work. If left ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where this could hurt the company is in its reputation of not being a great place to work. If left unchecked, it could have an impact on Wal-Mart's image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If customers are able to reduce their water use, then Lake Decatur may not drop to a more critical level. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39690]]></link><description><![CDATA[If customers are able to reduce their water use, then Lake Decatur may not drop to a more critical level. If the lake level falls another foot, the city will have to implement mandatory water conservation measures, which have not been done since the drought of 1988.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13398]]></link><description><![CDATA[What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry in haste, repent at leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry in haste, repent at leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honored for Himself, but that is only part of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sovereign God wants to be loved for Himself and honored for Himself, but that is only part of what He wants. The other part is that He wants us to know that when we have Him we have everything -- we have all the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is one long process of getting tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is one long process of getting tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remedy is worse than the disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remedy is worse than the disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tim did a good job controlling the action from his feet today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18136]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is passion tamed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is passion tamed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old father antic the law. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old father antic the law. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14215]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars,  But in ourselves, that we are underlings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23621]]></link><description><![CDATA[I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711   [My father's] common salutation of his family ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711   [My father's] common salutation of his family or friends, on the Lord's day in the morning, was that of the primitive Christians: "The Lord is risen, He is risen indeed"; making it his chief business on that day to celebrate the memory of Christ's resurrection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when a dream transcends to desire and intention is conquered by cupidity, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirabilityÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â is reduced to depravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must,   The youth replies, I can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to get this resolved so they move on to the other issues. Until they know how many people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35593]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to get this resolved so they move on to the other issues. Until they know how many people will be left after the retirements take place, they won't know how much money GM will have to pay to subsidize the wages and benefits for its former workers who are left at Delphi, once the new pay scales are implemented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1917]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2005]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand you. You don't understand me. What else do we have in common?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his prince's person may be with one knife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his prince's person may be with one knife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blair not only disregards the millions of people in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he does not care about you as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blair not only disregards the millions of people in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he does not care about you as he sends you to the inferno in Iraq and exposes you to death in your land because of his crusader war against Islam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/866]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[perpetrators tried to tamper with samples and destroy the incriminating evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34850]]></link><description><![CDATA[perpetrators tried to tamper with samples and destroy the incriminating evidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. [Fr., La ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force and not opinion is the queen of the world; but it is opinion that uses the force. [Fr., La force est la reine du monde, et non pas l'opinion; mais l'opinion est celle qui use de la force.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The carrot being held out is, 'If you really help us.' It all depends on his level of cooperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38284]]></link><description><![CDATA[The carrot being held out is, 'If you really help us.' It all depends on his level of cooperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better buy than borrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better buy than borrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50971</guid></item></channel></rss>