<?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[Until you're broken, you don't know what you're made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until you're broken, you don't know what you're made of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the Spirit that denies. [Ger., Ich bin der Geist stets verneint.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the Spirit that denies. [Ger., Ich bin der Geist stets verneint.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11010]]></link><description><![CDATA[On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12234]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35950]]></link><description><![CDATA[That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the issue over Iran.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old!  Of right choice food are his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old!  Of right choice food are his meals I ween,   In his cell so lone and cold.    . . . .     Creeping where no life is seen,      A rare old plant is the ivy green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30375]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was great for our guys. We really needed some positive energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, 1897  As the genuine religious impulse becomes dominant, adoration more and more takes charge. "I come to seek God because I need Him," may be an adequate formula for prayer. "I come to adore His splendour, and fling myself and all that I have at His feet," is the only possible formula for worship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54812]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All covet, all lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All covet, all lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's my country, and there are good players on that team. They have good hitters and I have to figure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34792]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's my country, and there are good players on that team. They have good hitters and I have to figure out how I pitch to them. I can't miss at all versus those guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you pretend it doesn't bother you, When you just want to explode... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28007]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you pretend it doesn't bother you, When you just want to explode...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been well said that "the arch-flatterer with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42165]]></link><description><![CDATA[My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from now, Oracle will have to give a real response to the open-source threat it faces. Tossing a lightweight database in front of a fast-moving market that wants free, open, and killer databases just won't fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call,  And the blackbird plays but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nightingale has a lyre of gold, The lark's is a clarion call,  And the blackbird plays but a boxwood flute,   But I love him best of all.    For his song is all the joy of life,     And we in the mad spring weather,      We two have listened till he sang       Our hearts and lips together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as you would have wished to live when you are dying]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38059]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints became more frequent, it was a sign the contractor was having some serious problems and would be unable to fulfill their obligations. That is when it reached the point to protect the commission's interest and take the steps necessary to get the project finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49082]]></link><description><![CDATA[A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We earned this tonight, not with great soccer, but with very hard work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33644]]></link><description><![CDATA[We earned this tonight, not with great soccer, but with very hard work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20183]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? - The Color Purple, 1982.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take away our land and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies. We'd become just suntanned white men, the jetsam snd floatsam of your great melting pot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A City that parlies is half gotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49007]]></link><description><![CDATA[A City that parlies is half gotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65684]]></link><description><![CDATA[A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a huge match for us. Getting league wins early in the season means we're moving in the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42288]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a huge match for us. Getting league wins early in the season means we're moving in the right direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could be on scene and see someone mistreat an animal and we couldn't arrest them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40406]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could be on scene and see someone mistreat an animal and we couldn't arrest them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There never was a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45988]]></link><description><![CDATA[There never was a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out, you impostors! Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill  Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out, you impostors! Quack salving, cheating mountebanks! your skill  Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When anger rises, think of the consequences ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2529]]></link><description><![CDATA[When anger rises, think of the consequences]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days;  The scene is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days;  The scene is touching, and the heart is stone,   That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Malcolm Forbes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1861]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Malcolm Forbes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slow rises worth by poverty depressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness; and I myself perceived also that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11180]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness; and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your ignorance cramps my conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your ignorance cramps my conversation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18616]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Paul's Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Paul's Church for divine services. His prayer that afternoon was: 'Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64469]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63956</guid></item></channel></rss>