<?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[What is history but a fable agreed upon? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19500]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is history but a fable agreed upon?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are extremely excited about our opportunity in Indianapolis. You can see why anyone in the banking business would be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are extremely excited about our opportunity in Indianapolis. You can see why anyone in the banking business would be. Our sweet spot in business is really small- and mid-market-type business lending in addition to retail banking. Indianapolis has seen a lot of growth in small businesses. That's where our growth will come from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, don't do it halfway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profitability doesn't happen when you're walking on bullshit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather exercise than read a newspaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40083]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather exercise than read a newspaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confusion's cure lives not In these confusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confusion's cure lives not In these confusions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1100]]></link><description><![CDATA[During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you choose hope, anything's possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63545]]></link><description><![CDATA[True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That all-softening, overpowering knell, The tocsin of the soul--the dinner bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4103]]></link><description><![CDATA[That all-softening, overpowering knell, The tocsin of the soul--the dinner bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class morality all the time . . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43108]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm one of the undeserving poor . . . up ugen middle-class morality all the time . . . . What is middle-class morality? Just an excuse for never giving me anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See how the mountain goat hangs from the summit of the cliff; you would expect it to fall; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14077]]></link><description><![CDATA[See how the mountain goat hangs from the summit of the cliff; you would expect it to fall; it is merely showing its contempt for the dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I despise mankind in all its strata; I foresee that our descendants will be still far unhappier than we are. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47844]]></link><description><![CDATA[I despise mankind in all its strata; I foresee that our descendants will be still far unhappier than we are. Would I not be a criminal if, notwithstanding this view, I should provide for progeny, i.e. for unfortunates? [Ger., Ich verachte die Menschheit in allen ihren Schichten; ich sehe es voraus, dass unsere Nachkommen noch weit unglucklicher sein werden, als wir. Sollte ich nicht ein Sunder sein, wenn ich trotz dieser Ansicht fur Nachkommen, d.h. fur Ungluckliche sorgte?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44069]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, try Westminister, and view   Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire is bound to hold. But while smiling at each other, both sides will continue making preparations for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These two hated with a hate Found only on the stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18842]]></link><description><![CDATA[These two hated with a hate Found only on the stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16714]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28108]]></link><description><![CDATA[What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened. - Tao Te Ching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened. - Tao Te Ching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once they get their hooks into you, you're a dead pigeon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of our singles players played very solid matches today, they played very clean and had very few errors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33363]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of our singles players played very solid matches today, they played very clean and had very few errors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never say don't get 100 or let's get 100. Whatever happens, happens. I just want our kids to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never say don't get 100 or let's get 100. Whatever happens, happens. I just want our kids to play hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. Itwill get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. Itwill get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your wholelife be a revelation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign,  And unknown regions date descry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign,  And unknown regions date descry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26322]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knight without fear and without reproach. [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knight without fear and without reproach. [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, under tokens, of our very selves and all our substance; that they may be transformed, quickened, and devoted to the interests of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62373]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62373</guid></item></channel></rss>