<?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[I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to lose, and that isn't so much because it is just a football game, but because defeat means the failure to reach your objective. I don't want a football player who doesn't take defeat to heart, who laughs it off with the thought, 'Oh, well, there's another Saturday.' The trouble in American life today, in business as well as in sports, is that too many people are afraid of competition. The result is that in some circles people have come to sneer at success if it costs hard work and training and sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life itself is the proper binge. -Julia Child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life itself is the proper binge. -Julia Child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47789]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is grist that comes to the mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50966]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is grist that comes to the mill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26837]]></link><description><![CDATA[In truth, to attain to interior peace, one must be willing to pass through the contrary to peace. Such is the teaching of the Sages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw him. He got shot in the head. [The bullet] stopped in the middle of his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw him. He got shot in the head. [The bullet] stopped in the middle of his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17972]]></link><description><![CDATA[The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, it's an unambiguous positive. But in terms of its overall importance, it's only marginal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, it's an unambiguous positive. But in terms of its overall importance, it's only marginal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in mathematics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Marquis Jets, we carefully vet our partners to ensure that we only align ourselves with the finest brands, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39849]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Marquis Jets, we carefully vet our partners to ensure that we only align ourselves with the finest brands, and Grand Isle Villas provides the comfort and service that our owners have come to expect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet is the priest of the invisible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet is the priest of the invisible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique, Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique, Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing some very strong global growth trends so that should prop up exports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing some very strong global growth trends so that should prop up exports.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4893]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked-up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything. [Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis  Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything. [Lat., Pictoribus atque poetis  Quidlibet audendi semper fuit aequa potestas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60028]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39418]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  God is always present and always working towards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  God is always present and always working towards the life of the soul and its deliverance from captivity under flesh and blood. But this inward work of God, though never ceasing or altering, is yet always and only hindered by the activity of our own nature and faculties, by bad men through their obedience to earthly passions and by good men through their striving to be good in their own way, by their natural strength and a multiplicity of holy labours and contrivances. Both these sorts of people obstruct the work of God upon their souls. For we can cooperate with God no other way than by submitting to the work of God, and seeking, and leaving ourselves to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey; That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' embroider'd suit at least he deem'd his prey; That suit an unpaid tailor snatched away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the summer's in prime Wi' the flowers richly blooming,  And the wild mountain thyme   A' the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the summer's in prime Wi' the flowers richly blooming,  And the wild mountain thyme   A' the moorlands perfuming.    To own dear native scenes     Let us journey together,      Where glad innocence reigns       'Mang the braes o' Balquhither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1200]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The initiative is simple and straight forward. We want employers and employees to consider giving one hour of their wages, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The initiative is simple and straight forward. We want employers and employees to consider giving one hour of their wages, one time a year, to assist those in need across Idaho.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home-court advantage and a bye sounds good to me. It definitely feels good to win games this late in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Home-court advantage and a bye sounds good to me. It definitely feels good to win games this late in the season as opposed to when we started off rough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51625]]></link><description><![CDATA[No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26465]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very proud of where we come from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31275]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very proud of where we come from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, there's a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37550]]></link><description><![CDATA[There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, there's a lot of speculation built into oil prices -- the majors will have to see that turn into fundamentals in order to change their plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She just wore enough for modesty; no more! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27754]]></link><description><![CDATA[She just wore enough for modesty; no more!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the friend who was once your foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the friend who was once your foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most confused we ever get is when we're trying to convince our heads of something our heart knows is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most confused we ever get is when we're trying to convince our heads of something our heart knows is a lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any other single misconception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any other single misconception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22192]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19655]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My master's visualizations were so powerfultheir condensation into matter was mere signature.Donald Walters, formerly Kriyananda, author of The Pathabout his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/386]]></link><description><![CDATA[My master's visualizations were so powerfultheir condensation into matter was mere signature.Donald Walters, formerly Kriyananda, author of The Pathabout his guru Yogananda.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plunderous is the palate I gift to you, openly I hug the universe of our friendship expanding its outer limit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward sense   Of beauty apprehended from without,    I still call love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep down, I'm pretty superficial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25509</guid></item></channel></rss>