<?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[It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10078]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there they placed a peacock in his pride, Before the damsel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46005]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there they placed a peacock in his pride, Before the damsel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm interested not only in that it's beautiful and that it's Gorham, but also what it tells us about society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm interested not only in that it's beautiful and that it's Gorham, but also what it tells us about society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant. In an affluent society, the alienated who clamor for power are largely untalented people who cannot make use of the unprecedented opportunities for self-realization, and cannot escape the confrontation with an ineffectual self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65382]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59344]]></link><description><![CDATA[This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suing a government entity is always a little more difficult than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suing a government entity is always a little more difficult than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care. I've been saying that the whole time. We're blessed to be playing in this tournament regardless. I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41878]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care. I've been saying that the whole time. We're blessed to be playing in this tournament regardless. I'd love to [get a chance to] play [Villanova], because I think we can show our toughness. I look forward to the challenge. We worked hard to get here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9167]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humble Hearts have humble desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humble Hearts have humble desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45155]]></link><description><![CDATA[First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; and finally, the undecided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. Itis a constant state of awareness of oneness with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. Itis a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need:  Pepper and vinegar besides   Are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need:  Pepper and vinegar besides   Are very good indeed--    Now if you're ready, Oysters, dear,     We can begin to feed!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature made every fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature made every fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61932]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talentsare, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talentsare, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given tous. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage anddetermination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must not let daylight in upon the magic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26194]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must not let daylight in upon the magic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction; we destroy in order to make it new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is feeling a tremendous amount of disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32786]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is feeling a tremendous amount of disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9277]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...we, the goths, do know how death, depression, despair, grief, misery and sorrow feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17930]]></link><description><![CDATA[...we, the goths, do know how death, depression, despair, grief, misery and sorrow feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65308]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have to do all the more crappy jobs before, you appreciate all the good work that comes out of that. There are many girls who immediately have a top model career, and there are lots of models who are doing things that aren't as exciting as doing big campaigns and beautiful magazines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the weakest is thrust to the wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the weakest is thrust to the wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28894]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54392]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult for some people to accept that love is a choice. This seems to run counter to the generally accepted theory of romantic love which expounds that love is inborn and as such requires no more than to accept it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45506]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. -Harry S Truman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their earnings are in line with expectations for this quarter and the next, but there was no upside and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their earnings are in line with expectations for this quarter and the next, but there was no upside and the stock was priced for some degree of upside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not now That which I have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not now That which I have been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people who are doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people who are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words of love, are works of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words of love, are works of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you truly give up trying to be whole throughothers, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21781]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you truly give up trying to be whole throughothers, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is this -- for how long can the military remain restrained? That we are just around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is this -- for how long can the military remain restrained? That we are just around the corner from a major confrontation is not in doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's definitely the worst experience of my life that I ever want to live through, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's definitely the worst experience of my life that I ever want to live through,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts by night are often filled With visions false as fair:  For in the past alone, I build ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60883]]></link><description><![CDATA[My thoughts by night are often filled With visions false as fair:  For in the past alone, I build   My castles in the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The occupation will pay a heavy price for this crime, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The occupation will pay a heavy price for this crime,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28612</guid></item></channel></rss>