<?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[Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreign language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's exactly what I think both parties are trying to do, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42441]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's exactly what I think both parties are trying to do,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would salute by palm,  But for my hand, as unattempted yet,   Like a poor beggar, raileth on the rich.    Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail     And say there is no sin but to be rich;      And being rich, my virtue then shall be       To say there is no vice but beggary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269   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/8036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don\'t usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it\'s true - I\'m scary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don\'t usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it\'s true - I\'m scary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known,  Happy field or mossy cavern,   Choicer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known,  Happy field or mossy cavern,   Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want the assurance from the government that my community will be safeguarded and they will be safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want the assurance from the government that my community will be safeguarded and they will be safe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[go into harm's way, and they do this as volunteers. ... The safety of our employees is paramount, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37579]]></link><description><![CDATA[go into harm's way, and they do this as volunteers. ... The safety of our employees is paramount, and we make sure our personnel are provided with the latest intelligence and kept abreast of geopolitical situations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How blessings brighten as they take their flight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51863]]></link><description><![CDATA[How blessings brighten as they take their flight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But above all things truth is victor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59799]]></link><description><![CDATA[But above all things truth is victor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stream of the living world Where dash the billows of strife!--  One plunge in the mighty torrent   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stream of the living world Where dash the billows of strife!--  One plunge in the mighty torrent   Is a year of tamer life!    City of glorious days,     Of hope, and labour and mirth,      With room and to spare, on thy splendid bays       For the ships of all the earth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned to shy away from speculation and just go out on the field and do what I can do. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31571]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned to shy away from speculation and just go out on the field and do what I can do. The rest is out of my control. You'll drive yourself crazy speculating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step in freeing yourself from social restrictions is the realization that there is no such thing as a "safe" code of conduct - one that would earn everyone's approval. Your actions can always be condemned by someone - for being too bold or too apathetic, for being too conformist or too nonconformist, for being too liberal or too conservative.  So it's necessary to decide whose approval is important to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; for it is they who form a communication between the learned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; for it is they who form a communication between the learned and the unlearned, and, as it were, throw a bridge between those two great divisions of the public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live with able men, and to suffer all those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58048]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which the want of knowledge always inflicts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go thou, deceased, to this earth which is a mother, and spacious and kind. May her touch be soft like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go thou, deceased, to this earth which is a mother, and spacious and kind. May her touch be soft like that of wool, or a young woman, and may she protect thee from the depths of destruction. Rise above him, O Earth, do not press painfully on him, give him good things, give him consolation, as a mother covers her child with her cloth, cover thou him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always, always hated it, ... but I was always the only kid on the team who could do it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always, always hated it, ... but I was always the only kid on the team who could do it. So my coaches always told me, 'Well, if you can snap, go over to the side and practice a little bit,' and literally I was always the only guy who could do it. So I did it in pee wee, midget, junior high school, high school, college. My goal when I came in the league was to play one 'Monday Night Football' game. Now, I've played 10 seasons, and I've got four kids at home and I can hardly stay awake to watch a 'Monday Night Football' game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel the overall market is showing a lot of life across the board. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42575]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel the overall market is showing a lot of life across the board.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3115]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Europeans need to show real flexibility on market access, ... We came here for a discussion basically on agriculture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Europeans need to show real flexibility on market access, ... We came here for a discussion basically on agriculture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18566]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things happen that we don't understand, but maybe we're not supposed to understand everything. Maybe we're just supposed to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things happen that we don't understand, but maybe we're not supposed to understand everything. Maybe we're just supposed to have faith,accept it and let it happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64289]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38358]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is long, difficult, and unsafe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a staggering amount, when you consider that the federal government purchases about $5 billion of electricity per year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34188]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a staggering amount, when you consider that the federal government purchases about $5 billion of electricity per year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future starts today, not tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66585]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future starts today, not tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will ask him for my place again: he shall tell me I am a drunkard! Had I as many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will ask him for my place again: he shall tell me I am a drunkard! Had I as many mouths as Hydra, such an answer would stop them all. To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast! O strange! Every inordinate cup is unblest, and the ingredient is a devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/247]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53299]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus whom I know as my Redeemer cannot be less than God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus whom I know as my Redeemer cannot be less than God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44857</guid></item></channel></rss>