<?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[Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our federal Union: it must be preserved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our federal Union: it must be preserved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13623]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency--clear disinterested thinking and fearless action along the right lines of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4596]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are; and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13268]]></link><description><![CDATA[You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are; and yet for aught I see, they are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not the winding up witnesses, And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?  For witnesses, like watches, go  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not the winding up witnesses, And nicking, more than half the bus'ness?  For witnesses, like watches, go   Just as they're set, too fast or slow;    And where in Conscience they're strait-lac'd,     'Tis ten to one that side is cast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25515]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37647]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't write this song. Someone was talking in a room. I just wrote down everything they said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The basis for optimism is sheer terror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basis for optimism is sheer terror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44859]]></link><description><![CDATA[When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32216]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held accountable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown, Within whose circuit is Elysium And all that poets feign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55990]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet a thing it is to wear a crown, Within whose circuit is Elysium And all that poets feign of bliss and joy! -King Henry VI. Part III. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Performing is the most important single action in my life. It is a unique experience of hard work-elation and disappointment. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Performing is the most important single action in my life. It is a unique experience of hard work-elation and disappointment. Every move is an experiment in building up a successful repertoire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14914]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred -- The anger of the weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred -- The anger of the weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63445]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27404]]></link><description><![CDATA[A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon From the slow opening curtains of the clouds  Walking in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43071]]></link><description><![CDATA[How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon From the slow opening curtains of the clouds  Walking in beauty to her midnight throne!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,   Are all with thee,--are all with thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study the past if you would divine the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study the past if you would divine the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64529]]></link><description><![CDATA[My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People asked me that when I did 'Hostage,' but I don't know. It's going to pay the bills, and while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41896]]></link><description><![CDATA[People asked me that when I did 'Hostage,' but I don't know. It's going to pay the bills, and while it's happening, I'll appreciate it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57432]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A third Cato has dropped from the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50424]]></link><description><![CDATA[A third Cato has dropped from the skies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him fry in his own grease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him fry in his own grease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27050]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How fallen, how changed From him, who, in the happy realms of light,  Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50653]]></link><description><![CDATA[How fallen, how changed From him, who, in the happy realms of light,  Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine   Myriads, though bright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life will be improved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the social victim has been oppressed by society, he comes to feel that his individual life will be improved more by changes in society than by his own initiative. Without realizing it, he makes society rather than himself the agent of change. The power he finds in his victimization may lead him to collective action against society, but it also encourages passivity within the sphere of his personal life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good fathers make good sons ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good fathers make good sons]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid gold baby? Maybe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11746]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is it that makes a complete stranger dive into an icy river to save a solid gold baby? Maybe we'll never know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19891]]></link><description><![CDATA[His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we try to do with our offense is get open using cuts and back-door screens and really spread the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38714]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we try to do with our offense is get open using cuts and back-door screens and really spread the floor and we were able to do that tonight. But one thing we didn't do was take advantage of our height. We will need to do a better job of that against Perryville.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47079]]></link><description><![CDATA[El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/520]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theme is a memory aid, it helps you through the presentation just as it also provides the thread of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27756]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theme is a memory aid, it helps you through the presentation just as it also provides the thread of continuity for your audience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43912]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43912</guid></item></channel></rss>