<?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[No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53330]]></link><description><![CDATA[No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58578]]></link><description><![CDATA[A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise on stepping stones   Or their dead selves to higher things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13506]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar  Of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2721]]></link><description><![CDATA[And said to myself, as I lit my cigar, "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar  Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,   On the whole do you think he would have much to spare    If he married a woman with nothing to wear?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth O Lord our God,   Who has called us to serve You, In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth O Lord our God,   Who has called us to serve You, In the midst of the world's affairs,   When we stumble, hold us; When we fall, lift us up;   When we are hard pressed with evil, deliver us; When we turn from what is good, turn us back;   And bring us at last to Your glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly affected by the hurricane. Last year, they had 60 stores in the path of major hurricanes, and it affected earnings by about a penny. At least with respect to the hurricanes, it should be less (of an impact) than what happened last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goesto bed at night and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21212]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goesto bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9760]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep  Moans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep  Moans round with many voices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52737]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually, towns act when there's a crisis. And sometimes good planning decisions can arise - there's that hope here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually, towns act when there's a crisis. And sometimes good planning decisions can arise - there's that hope here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more!  So coldly sweet, so deadly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the aspect of this shore; 'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more!  So coldly sweet, so deadly fair,   We start, for soul is wanting there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58751]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds, not words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds, not words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51338]]></link><description><![CDATA[O let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what is your duty? What the day demands. [Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13055]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what is your duty? What the day demands. [Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8877]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What an alteration of honour has Desperate want made! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51373]]></link><description><![CDATA[What an alteration of honour has Desperate want made!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt everwithout eror, and nothing we achieve without some measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt everwithout eror, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude andfallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be England what she will, With all her faults, she is my country still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be England what she will, With all her faults, she is my country still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no less are thoughts of mortality cordial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43172]]></link><description><![CDATA[To smell to a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body; no less are thoughts of mortality cordial to the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do or do not. There is no try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do or do not. There is no try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only drink wine, and it's a bit early for that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only drink wine, and it's a bit early for that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're getting mature the responsibility you have ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33432]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're getting mature the responsibility you have]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve: The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23834]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a kisse? Why this, as some approve: The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,  Thou bear'st thy heavy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61424]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou art rich, thou'rt poor, For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,  Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey,   And death unloads thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan on still St. Mary's lake Float double, swan and shadow! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58467]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan on still St. Mary's lake Float double, swan and shadow!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought I should be treated like a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26070]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought I should be treated like a star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call this The World Is Yours, ... It costs $1 million. Other jewelers thought I was losing my mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36905]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call this The World Is Yours, ... It costs $1 million. Other jewelers thought I was losing my mind making it, that I'm going to get stuck with it. But already we have sold four of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19454]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43195]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing politer than this. It's literally a camera looking at people -- a radio that sees things -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing politer than this. It's literally a camera looking at people -- a radio that sees things -- but it's completely private. You see a white ghost. There is nothing that gives any indication of race or sex, so there is no racial profiling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a little smaller this year, but we have more threats offensively, I think. Our bench is a little deeper; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a little smaller this year, but we have more threats offensively, I think. Our bench is a little deeper; we're getting a lot of good play from a lot of guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The FTC is beginning to require] a lot more when they have a problem, ... They are going to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40002]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The FTC is beginning to require] a lot more when they have a problem, ... They are going to make sure one of these doesn't slip through the cracks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52189]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12594]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26468]]></link><description><![CDATA[A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably increases as the number of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisement's chance for success invariably increases as the number of pertinent merchandise facts included in the ad increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13863]]></link><description><![CDATA[One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13863</guid></item></channel></rss>