<?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[Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not having been told that the man has just waxed the floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35129]]></link><description><![CDATA[An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63682]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance! -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6075]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance! -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The responsible choice would be to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform, but the administration made a different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18971]]></link><description><![CDATA[The responsible choice would be to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform, but the administration made a different choice. They're raising veterans' health care fees by $250 a year while cutting taxes for millionaires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32561]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a human capital crisis in the federal government. Not only are we losing the decades of talent as civil servants retire, we are not doing enough to develop and nurture the next generation of public servants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune changes not birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune changes not birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon as the potion works, their human count'nance, Th' express resemblance of the gods, is chang'd  Into some bruitish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon as the potion works, their human count'nance, Th' express resemblance of the gods, is chang'd  Into some bruitish form of wolf or bear,   Or ounce or tiger, hog, or bearded goat,    All other parts remaining as they were;     And they, so perfect in their misery,      Not once perceive their foul disfigurement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jawani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   As the veil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jawani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   As the veil of the temple was, at the death of the Saviour, rent asunder, in the same way our communion with the Crucified puts aside all the curtains separating us artificially from the rest of the world, and removes all sense of privilege and exclusiveness. It is this explanation of justification by faith only which leads us to the true depth of what the Gospel has contributed to this world. To live by grace and to die by grace, to live in forgiveness every day, every hour and every moment, means to identify oneself with those who do not share our faith, and to realize all the debts we owe them. Let us not be afraid that this will reduce the Gospel to relativism. Its depth is in proportion to its breadth. The deeper it is, the broader and fuller it becomes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53755]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul. [Deuteronomy 10:12].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was between A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an audience. No one wants flowers to blush unseen or waste their sweetness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24775]]></link><description><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53397]]></link><description><![CDATA[A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17652]]></link><description><![CDATA[God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride.  Content to wear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61252]]></link><description><![CDATA[His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride.  Content to wear the higher crown of worth,   While time endures, "First citizen of earth."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic identity in all respects. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47578]]></link><description><![CDATA[...democracy can be interpreted to assert not only equality before the law but also essentialistic identity in all respects. This is expressed in the claim, "All men are created equal," which is something very different from the statement, "All men have equal rights and are equal before the law." Anyone who believes in the genetic uniqueness of every individual thereby believes in the conclusion, "No two individuals are created equal.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big trick in putting is not method the secret of putting is domination of the nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44387]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big trick in putting is not method the secret of putting is domination of the nerves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cold blows the wind against the hill, And cold upon the plain;  I sit me by the bank, until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cold blows the wind against the hill, And cold upon the plain;  I sit me by the bank, until   The violets come again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65833]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61057]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I commend you in taking this step to move the company forward, ... I recognize these new contracts involve enormous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I commend you in taking this step to move the company forward, ... I recognize these new contracts involve enormous sacrifices by our employees. We have our work cut out for us; we are not out of the woods yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,   'Tis sweethearts of glory,    'Tis lads who are unafraid!     Ferryman ho!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space is the breath of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space is the breath of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never expected to get this far. It starts with our unselfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39314]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never expected to get this far. It starts with our unselfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice is the best of all instructors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice is the best of all instructors]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39593]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still;  Thou with fresh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44553]]></link><description><![CDATA[O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still;  Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill   While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read in Shakespeare of the majesty of the moral law, in Victor Hugo of the sacredness of childhood, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6583]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read in Shakespeare of the majesty of the moral law, in Victor Hugo of the sacredness of childhood, in Tennyson the ugliness of hypocrisy, in George Eliot the supremacy of duty, in Dickens the divinity of kindness, and in Ruskin the dignity of service. Irving teaches me the lesson of cheerfulness, Hawthorne shows me the hatefulness of sin, Longfellow gives me the soft, tranquil music of hope. Lowell makes us feel that we must give ourselves to our fellow men. Whittier sings to me of divine Fatherhood and human brotherhood. These are Christian lessons: who inspired them? Who put it into the heart of Martin Luther to nail those theses on the church door of Wittenberg? Who stirred and fired the soul of Savonarola? Who thrilled and electrified the soul of John Wesley? Jesus Christ is back of these all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's really gone remarkably well when you consider some of the tensions we were dealing with two years ago, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42402]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's really gone remarkably well when you consider some of the tensions we were dealing with two years ago,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13085]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This report confirms everything we've ever said about why the Byrd Amendment should be overturned, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34656]]></link><description><![CDATA[This report confirms everything we've ever said about why the Byrd Amendment should be overturned,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Lift up your heart to Him, sometimes even at your meals, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Lift up your heart to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him. You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we are aware of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? If the supervisor, they make the schedules, they put you on this court, what can you do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day you waste is one you can never make up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day you waste is one you can never make up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14586</guid></item></channel></rss>