<?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[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes you go beyond the norm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20951]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid affection live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can only predict things after they have happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64199]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can only predict things after they have happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men argue cases, fools decide them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The United States presents itself as a leader against terrorism, invades countries, restricts the civil rights of Americans in order ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The United States presents itself as a leader against terrorism, invades countries, restricts the civil rights of Americans in order to fight terrorism, but when it is about its own terrorists, it denies that they be tried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people are more comfortable with old problems than with new solutions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no talks going on, and CNN is not for sale, ... These types of stories just stir up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34171]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no talks going on, and CNN is not for sale, ... These types of stories just stir up issues that don't exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have some magazines that have added thousands of international subscribers with nearly no marketing effort from us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35849]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have some magazines that have added thousands of international subscribers with nearly no marketing effort from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2648]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hindsight is an exact science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hindsight is an exact science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We own the intellectual property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33205]]></link><description><![CDATA[We own the intellectual property.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52718]]></link><description><![CDATA[More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a life-style. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a life-style I chose for myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to just play with Rod. He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to just play with Rod. He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled to stay in the league.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest royalest seed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's an acre sown indeed, With the richest royalest seed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony with that big hammer slams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony with that big hammer slams it on the head of the person who lost the most money that day]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, better no doubt is a dinner of herbs, When season'd with love, which no rancour disturbs  And sweeten'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, better no doubt is a dinner of herbs, When season'd with love, which no rancour disturbs  And sweeten'd by all that is sweetest in life   Than turbot, bisque, ortolans, eaten in strife!    But if, out of humour, and hungry, alone     A man should sit down to dinner, each one      Of the dishes which the cook chooses to spoil       With a horrible mixture of garlic and oil,        The chances are ten against one, I must own,         He gets up as ill-tempered as when he sat down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tight little bundle of wailing and flannel, Perplex'd with the newly found fardel of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3641]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tight little bundle of wailing and flannel, Perplex'd with the newly found fardel of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64225]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is popular deserves attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is popular deserves attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62268]]></link><description><![CDATA[This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit;  'Twas Presbyterian true blue;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12627]]></link><description><![CDATA[For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit;  'Twas Presbyterian true blue;   For he was of that stubborn crew    Of errant saints, whom all men grant     To be the true Church Militant;      Such as do build their faith upon       The holy text of pike and gun;        Decide all controversies by         Infallible artillery;          And prove their doctrine orthodox,           By Apostolic blows and knocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne, Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59479]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne, Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not supposed to wear around a bull. So you name the song Cow."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943]]></link><description><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not exist, since there is no divorce from memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well has the name of Pontifex been given Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder  And architect of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well has the name of Pontifex been given Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder  And architect of the invisible bridge   That leads from earth to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put thyself into the trick of singularity. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put thyself into the trick of singularity. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weening is not measure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weening is not measure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.   ... Simone Weil  August 18, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6692]]></link><description><![CDATA[A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.   ... Simone Weil  August 18, 2000   My biological work convinced me that the One who was declared dead by Nietzsche, and silent by Sartre, actually is very much alive and speaking to us through all things.  ... C. J. Briejèr, letter to Rachel Carson August 19, 2000   The Christian cell in a factory or a professional circle, funding its own activities, deciding its own pattern of work, studying the Bible and perhaps celebrating the Lord's supper as an entity on its own, comes very much closer to Independency as Robert Browne saw it than the unholy isolationism of a prosperous suburban church, with 200 members who scarcely know each other by sight. If a sizable proportion of the Free Church ministry were enabled to become itinerant once again -- not necessarily itinerant in the geographical sense, but itinerant in the complex mazes of contemporary society, fathers in God to Christian organisms evolved by the lay men and women who spend their lives in these mazes -- new heart would be put into both ministry and laity, and incidentally, new impetus given to the search for Christian unity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That good diffused may more abundant grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17851]]></link><description><![CDATA[That good diffused may more abundant grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever excused his way to success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14467]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever excused his way to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to laugh at your troubles and you'll never run out of things to laugh at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3757]]></link><description><![CDATA[You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3757</guid></item></channel></rss>