<?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[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pittifull looke askes enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49067]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pittifull looke askes enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the morning of the last Sunday of October, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the morning of the last Sunday of October, in the year 1880. Sitting in the gallery, beneath the unfinished frescoes, and looking down the nave, one caught an effect of autumn gardens, a suggestion of chrysanthemums and geraniums, or of October woods, dashed with scarlet oaks and yellow maples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34976]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28033]]></link><description><![CDATA[A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never laugh at live dragons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never laugh at live dragons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went crazy looking for another place down there. I'm still looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went crazy looking for another place down there. I'm still looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13895]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the lessons I have learned is that clients understand the need for X-ray inspection, but sometimes have difficulty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37426]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons I have learned is that clients understand the need for X-ray inspection, but sometimes have difficulty integrating the function into their operations. With the changeover to lead-free assemblies, the need for X-ray inspection services will become more critical, and so will the need for manufacturers to understand how to integrate these tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/493]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick as a humming bird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers--  She darts so eagerly, swiftly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quick as a humming bird is my love, Dipping into the hearts of flowers--  She darts so eagerly, swiftly, sweetly   Dipping into the flowers of my heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comprehensive deal is a comprehensive deal, which means all issues are addressed by everyone. Otherwise, it's a piecemeal deal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30122]]></link><description><![CDATA[A comprehensive deal is a comprehensive deal, which means all issues are addressed by everyone. Otherwise, it's a piecemeal deal. ... It is not acceptable that we should fall short.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a cop-out to say 'it was one of those things' because the players are better than that. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37909]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a cop-out to say 'it was one of those things' because the players are better than that. They are not lacking ability but today they lacked application.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where tempests never beat nor billows roar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where tempests never beat nor billows roar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1922]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45185]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight. . . The truly wise person is colorblind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne  My part of evil only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60882]]></link><description><![CDATA[O visions ill foreseen! Better had I Liv'd ignorant of future, so had borne  My part of evil only.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death, Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The balmy zephyrs, silent since her death, Lament the ceasing of a sweeter breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black is best worn as an ensemble - black with black. Black with color is not quite where we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black is best worn as an ensemble - black with black. Black with color is not quite where we are right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. •George S. Patton  Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. •Benjamin Disraeli  Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. •William Feather  All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. •Mark Twain  The reward of a thing well done is having done it. •Ralph Waldo Emerson  It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well. •Joseph Ross  Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get. •Dave Gardner  If at first you don't succeed, assassinate everyone who knows you failed. •Anonymous  The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success. •Elbert Hubbard  Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. •James W. Pence   The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi  or •Donald Kendall  The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Irving Berlin  The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. •Nelson Boswell  The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. •Jean Giraudoux  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. •Bill Cosby  Why be a man when you can be a success? •Bertold Brecht  For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. •Richard Feynman  Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45372]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A buddy of mine, [Atlanta rookie] Jeff Francoeur, when he hit his first home run, I saw them give him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30634]]></link><description><![CDATA[A buddy of mine, [Atlanta rookie] Jeff Francoeur, when he hit his first home run, I saw them give him the silent treatment and ignore him. I had an idea that it might be coming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36185]]></link><description><![CDATA[French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great traditions, only it is full of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45162]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63129]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a way, this election is the rebirth of Liberia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28282]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a way, this election is the rebirth of Liberia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a lot of courage to find your talents. Your teachers, your principals, they believe in you, but they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41767]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a lot of courage to find your talents. Your teachers, your principals, they believe in you, but they can?t believe in you for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry, it's not loaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry, it's not loaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks we can achieve all we set out to achieve in the first three months of our six ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks we can achieve all we set out to achieve in the first three months of our six months presidency is either an optimist or naive, ... judge us at the end of the presidency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pain and hurt which i feel, go as deep as it is real; to be around and yet unseen, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pain and hurt which i feel, go as deep as it is real; to be around and yet unseen, takes the water out of the steam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/77]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/77</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I began ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37997]]></link><description><![CDATA[She also won the gold medal in the Super Quiz and essay components. I've done essay judging since I began serving as coordinator in 2000, and Emma's essay was one of the best I've seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Nikkei to go up further, gains need to become more broad-based. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36557]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the Nikkei to go up further, gains need to become more broad-based.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nearly 100 percent of the ministry's (procurement) budget that has gone AWOL (absent without leave), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nearly 100 percent of the ministry's (procurement) budget that has gone AWOL (absent without leave),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27119</guid></item></channel></rss>