<?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[As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15957]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether woodcock or partridge, what does it signify, if the taste is the same? But the partridge is dearer, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether woodcock or partridge, what does it signify, if the taste is the same? But the partridge is dearer, and therefore thought preferable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53217]]></link><description><![CDATA[A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45282]]></link><description><![CDATA[What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I always sang, I always used to listen to old Bessie Smith records, and Kate Smith. And Billie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29919]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I always sang, I always used to listen to old Bessie Smith records, and Kate Smith. And Billie Holiday. Before television when there was radio.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more slave States and no more slave territory.   - Salmon Portland Chase, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56579]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more slave States and no more slave territory.   - Salmon Portland Chase,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't ask for a more wonderful opera to end my tenure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28888]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't ask for a more wonderful opera to end my tenure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14148]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38800]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of your strength is not by merely winning all of your life's battles. When you go through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of your strength is not by merely winning all of your life's battles. When you go through tough circumstances and seeing every reason to quit but you just won't, that is strength!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought of the (Academy) bus, but I don't know what their prices are. Plus the price of gas went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought of the (Academy) bus, but I don't know what their prices are. Plus the price of gas went up a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2767]]></link><description><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From grave simplicities a dress,    And reticent demureness,     And love encinctured with reserve;      Which the woven vesture would subserve.       For outward robes in their ostents        Should show the soul's habiliments.         Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so,          But better Fair I use to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no airplane, either.'] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superman don't need no seat belt. [Comment to flight attendant, who replied, 'Superman don't need no airplane, either.']]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45160]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of it is the seat-of-your-pants-type thing and a lot of faith and trust in people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38511]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of it is the seat-of-your-pants-type thing and a lot of faith and trust in people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66797]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune favours the bold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune favours the bold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tough luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tough luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craft against vice I must apply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Craft against vice I must apply.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46033]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our audiences are all ages: kids who just love the show, love the movie, grandparents bringing their grandkids, it really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our audiences are all ages: kids who just love the show, love the movie, grandparents bringing their grandkids, it really covers the spectrum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every game is going to be huge. Every team has their strong points. If you ask me, it's going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every game is going to be huge. Every team has their strong points. If you ask me, it's going to go down to the final week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47004]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're a lawyer, you expect your client to lie to you, but not when he is the president.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647  [May] the Lord lead further and further those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647  [May] the Lord lead further and further those who do in earnest want to live the Joshua [i.e., transformed] life. It means a daily dying to self and what self wants; a daily turning to our Master with a "Yes, Lord" to everything, even to what is most against the grain. May He quicken those who have not yet begun to live this life to see what they are missing, before it is too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23039]]></link><description><![CDATA[There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill;  For his country he sigh'd, when at twilight repairing.   To wander along by the wind-beaten hill.    But the day star attracted his eyes' sad devotion,     For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean,      Where once in the fire of his youthful emotion       He sang the bold anthem of Erin-go-bragh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability of speech in time and season is an especial gift of God, and that eminently with respect unto the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability of speech in time and season is an especial gift of God, and that eminently with respect unto the spiritual things of the Gospel; but a profluency of speech, venting itself on all occasions and on no occasions, making men open their mouths wide when indeed they should shut them and open their ears, and to pour out all that they know and ... what they do not know, making them angry if they are not heard and impatient if they are contradicted, is an unconquerable fortification against all true spiritual wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When there's considerable uncertainty in the market, like there is now, banks lead the decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36552]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there's considerable uncertainty in the market, like there is now, banks lead the decline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two other tender drops, which ready stood, Each in their crystal sluice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two other tender drops, which ready stood, Each in their crystal sluice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can do no other than be reverent before everything that is called life. I can do no other than to have compassion for all that is called life. That is the beginning and the foundation of all ethics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They shouldn't throw at me. I'm the father of five or six kids. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57605]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shouldn't throw at me. I'm the father of five or six kids.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Songs and Stories from Moby Dick, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Songs and Stories from Moby Dick,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters. [One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49688]]></link><description><![CDATA[One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters. [One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sure you are right, then go ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sure you are right, then go ahead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52299]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60192]]></link><description><![CDATA[There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They really liked the layout last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40072]]></link><description><![CDATA[They really liked the layout last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62668]]></link><description><![CDATA[And soften'd sounds along the waters die: Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18684]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13514]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61468]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20772]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. - Wisdom for Our Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20772</guid></item></channel></rss>