<?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[When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60076]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26056]]></link><description><![CDATA[What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one should be judge in his own cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51651]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one should be judge in his own cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21070]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39094</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[Self-trust is the essence of heroism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-trust is the essence of heroism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15368]]></link><description><![CDATA[What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60188]]></link><description><![CDATA[A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all his learning or sophistication, man still instinctively reaches towards that force beyond. Only arrogance can deny its existence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all his learning or sophistication, man still instinctively reaches towards that force beyond. Only arrogance can deny its existence, and the denial falters in the face of evidence on every hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam,  There's a warmth about to glow,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59457]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam,  There's a warmth about to glow,   There's a flower about to blow;    There's a midnight blackness changing     Into gray;      Men of thought and men of action,       Clear the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even into your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.  ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even into your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. ]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thing devised by the enemy. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56025]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thing devised by the enemy. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27948]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imaginary friends I had as a kid dropped me because their friends thought I didn't exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But given the initiatives we've committed ourselves to, it's going to be very difficult, even if we get more money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38475]]></link><description><![CDATA[But given the initiatives we've committed ourselves to, it's going to be very difficult, even if we get more money than the county initially earmarked. The initial signs show we are getting a positive response. We'll see what the upshot is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28181]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the radiance of a thousand sunsWere to burst at once into the skyThat would be like the splendor of the Mighty one --I am become Death,The shatterer of Worlds. - Bhagavad Gita.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works and Thoughts, if they are always to be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5514]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works and Thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed, is painful; yet ever needful; and if Memory have its force and worth, so also has Hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12103]]></link><description><![CDATA[One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He early on let her know who is the boss. He looked her right in the eye and clearly said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53401]]></link><description><![CDATA[He early on let her know who is the boss. He looked her right in the eye and clearly said, "You're the boss.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times not to flirt. When you're sick. When you're with children. When you're on the witness stand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16235]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times not to flirt. When you're sick. When you're with children. When you're on the witness stand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were a little bummed the rest of that night. We kind of didn't know what to say. It's like, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were a little bummed the rest of that night. We kind of didn't know what to say. It's like, why Utah? Why does that always have to happen to us against them? But we kept our heads high, knowing we had the NCAA Tournament to look forward to. We realize that we're not done and we have a chance to play at least one game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is, then, do we try to make things easy on ourselves or do we try to make things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15926]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is, then, do we try to make things easy on ourselves or do we try to make things easy on our customers, whoever they may be?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do something really bad the first time, and no one will ever think of asking you again ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do something really bad the first time, and no one will ever think of asking you again]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jove, thou regent of the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jove, thou regent of the skies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a tightrope with God at the end. If we walk with our eyes down, looking at what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a tightrope with God at the end. If we walk with our eyes down, looking at what is happening right now in our lives, we are likely to waver and fall. However, if we focus at the end of the rope, where God and Heaven await us, we can see past all of the petty troubles this present life and walk more steadily. We may sometimes still stumble, but if we get back up and train our eyes on God once again, He will guide us to the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24290]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52782]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignore it. No answer is necessary, Your Excellency. The president does not know his place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignore it. No answer is necessary, Your Excellency. The president does not know his place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things have their place, knew wee how to place them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49109]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was always kind of the nice guy in the good cop-bad cop thing. But it's not like he tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30485]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was always kind of the nice guy in the good cop-bad cop thing. But it's not like he tells us to do something now and we're like, 'OK, whatever, J.J.' Everybody respects him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In previous years I was so fired up at times I made little mistakes. So I kept telling myself to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47986]]></link><description><![CDATA[In previous years I was so fired up at times I made little mistakes. So I kept telling myself to be patient, relax, play like you do in practice. What I've been doing in practice will carry over into the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1238]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say, that Seignior Bononchini Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;  Others aver, to him, that Handel   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say, that Seignior Bononchini Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;  Others aver, to him, that Handel   Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.    Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be     'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He used to raise a storm in a teapot. [Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57896]]></link><description><![CDATA[He used to raise a storm in a teapot. [Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44255]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am two fools, I know, for loving and saying so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25813]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am two fools, I know, for loving and saying so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't press like we wanted to, but our pressure defense in the half-court set was great. We took their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37586]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't press like we wanted to, but our pressure defense in the half-court set was great. We took their big guy out of the game, and that really made the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37586</guid></item></channel></rss>