<?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[American public education is a remarkable enterprise; it succeeds best where it fails. Imagine an industry that consistently fails to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56990]]></link><description><![CDATA[American public education is a remarkable enterprise; it succeeds best where it fails. Imagine an industry that consistently fails to do what it sets out to do. a factory where this year's product is invariably sleazier than last year's but, nevertheless, better than next year's. Imagine a corporation whose executives are always spending vast sums of money on studies designed to discover just what it is they are supposed to do and then vaster sums for further studies on just how to do it. Imagine a plant devoted to the manufacture of factory seconds to be sold at a loss. Imagine a producer of vacuum cleaners that rarely work hiring whole platoons of engineers who will, in time, report that it is, in fact, true that the vacuum cleaners rarely really work, and who will, for a larger fee, be glad to find out why, if that's possible. If you discover some such outfit, don't invest in it. Unfortunately, we are all required to invest in public education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965]]></link><description><![CDATA[All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain withi its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines; Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees; Silence of water above a sunken tree: The pure serene of memory of one man,-- A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18168]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's mainly concerns about economic weakness all over the globe and what it will do to the U.S.. The common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42446]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's mainly concerns about economic weakness all over the globe and what it will do to the U.S.. The common refrain has been that the Asian crisis shouldn't have a big impact on the U.S. economy. Now with Russia's problems, people are reassessing that belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13882]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14368]]></link><description><![CDATA[We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voters can now check how many times Bush resorts to canned remarks, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voters can now check how many times Bush resorts to canned remarks,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A trade is better then service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49080]]></link><description><![CDATA[A trade is better then service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, Nate is important and we'll see what happens there, but we think people will fill the spaces and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, Nate is important and we'll see what happens there, but we think people will fill the spaces and we will get through it. We have a lot to improve on after a 35-0 win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came in wanting to focus on some of their guys but we couldn't recover from that first goal. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30828]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came in wanting to focus on some of their guys but we couldn't recover from that first goal. They have a couple of guys that that really flow that team. After they got that first goal, we kind of hit the panic button.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They may the better fish in the water when it is troubled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16114]]></link><description><![CDATA[They may the better fish in the water when it is troubled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature -- the urge to love and be loved -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8160]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature -- the urge to love and be loved -- must reveal His nature in an incredible and impossible way. He must reveal it at a cross. At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/94]]></link><description><![CDATA[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/94</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sin except stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sin except stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses   Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle    Their clearer reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, but the underlying strength of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34711]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, but the underlying strength of the market will continue through this quarter easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping-or attaches the name of St. Patrick to the day of the year that bartenders fear most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51951]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, fellow, well met, All dirty and wet:  Find out, if you can,   Who's master, who's man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, fellow, well met, All dirty and wet:  Find out, if you can,   Who's master, who's man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew we'd have to bring our 'A' game, ... But I never expected our best score in the state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28791]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew we'd have to bring our 'A' game, ... But I never expected our best score in the state tournament.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great thoughts, like great deeds, need No trumpet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well go give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60060]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well go give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gaming commission would look long and hard. We think it would be hard to get licensed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gaming commission would look long and hard. We think it would be hard to get licensed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just extremely happy to win the championship with the second quickest car, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34880]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just extremely happy to win the championship with the second quickest car,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30314]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You want someone nondescript. The ideal spy is 5-foot-6 and kind of dumpy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29175]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65786]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And a good south wind sprung up behind, The Albatross did follow,  And every day, for food or play, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1979]]></link><description><![CDATA[And a good south wind sprung up behind, The Albatross did follow,  And every day, for food or play,   Came to the mariner's hollo!    "God save thee, ancient Mariner!     From the fiends that plague thus thee!--      Why look'st thou so?"--"With my cross-bow       I shot the Albatross."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65334]]></link><description><![CDATA[For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29467]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48718]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It indicates how employers have shifted their focus on how to pay their employees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39795]]></link><description><![CDATA[It indicates how employers have shifted their focus on how to pay their employees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think my inside-outside game is good. I can shoot the three, and I've got post moves that are pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think my inside-outside game is good. I can shoot the three, and I've got post moves that are pretty solid. I think I can step in right away and do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17435]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64261]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24722]]></link><description><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes--what air is to the lungs--what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24722</guid></item></channel></rss>