<?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[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always want to change the match after it's over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40321]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always want to change the match after it's over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature's law affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature's law affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent icicles, Quietly shining to the quiet moon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silent icicles, Quietly shining to the quiet moon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understanding of her language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until people stop burning, it's going to keep going up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until people stop burning, it's going to keep going up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14585]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8413]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When [an episcopal priest] prayed for my recovery, I choked up and wept. The only prayer I knew word for word was the Pater Noster. On that day and in the days after it, I found myself repeating the Lord's Prayer, again and again, and meaning every word of it. Quite suddenly, when I was awake one night, a light dawned on me, and I realized what had happened... After many years of affirming God's existence and trying to give adequate reasons for that affirmation, I found myself believing in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every fool will be meddling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every fool will be meddling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59548]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were within one offense touchdown in the first half. It was just a matter of them wearing us out; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32762]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were within one offense touchdown in the first half. It was just a matter of them wearing us out; out-sized and out-speed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the first time that we see that a Western woman, a Belgian, marrying a radical Muslim, and is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the first time that we see that a Western woman, a Belgian, marrying a radical Muslim, and is converted up to the point of becoming a jihad fighter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a chair,  His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his head,   His eyes on his dusty table, with different documents spread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46781]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet looks he like a king. Behold, his eye, As bright as is the eagle's lightens forth  Controlling majesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet looks he like a king. Behold, his eye, As bright as is the eagle's lightens forth  Controlling majesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul  The life of faith does not earn eternal life: it is eternal life. And Christ is its vehicle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am alarmed by reports that data brokers are obtaining and selling customers' personal telephone records without the customers' consent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38978]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am alarmed by reports that data brokers are obtaining and selling customers' personal telephone records without the customers' consent or knowledge. These records can include some of the most private personal information about an individual. Finding out who people are calling and for how long can be like picking someone's brain about their friends, plans or business dealings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the world we've found    Most meet to express the harmonious sound,     That calls to those in friendship bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a major pain. Several patients are having to go without medication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37750]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a major pain. Several patients are having to go without medication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I call myself a 'domestic goddess.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19903]]></link><description><![CDATA[I call myself a 'domestic goddess.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Consilia res magis dant hominibus quam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Consilia res magis dant hominibus quam homines rebus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven, When drooping health and spirits go amiss?  How tasteless then whatever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven, When drooping health and spirits go amiss?  How tasteless then whatever can be given!   Health is the vital principle of bliss,    And exercise of health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50914]]></link><description><![CDATA[We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am declaring a state of emergency because of the clear threat to the nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35872]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am declaring a state of emergency because of the clear threat to the nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These instructions are making it very difficult if not impossible for defendants to prevail in these types of cases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38286]]></link><description><![CDATA[These instructions are making it very difficult if not impossible for defendants to prevail in these types of cases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62020]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with words as with sunbeams--the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The head never rules the heart but just becomes its partner in crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The head never rules the heart but just becomes its partner in crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be it not in thy care. Go, I charge thee, invite them all; let in the tide  Of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us daily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18427]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never for us so hearty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to shop around for the best gas prices in town, you're still going to get that rebate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32289]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to shop around for the best gas prices in town, you're still going to get that rebate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears:  Pause where we may upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sprinkled along the waste of years Full many a soft green isle appears:  Pause where we may upon the desert road,   Some shelter is in sight, some sacred safe abode.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those.  The bursting tears my heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those.  The bursting tears my heart declare;   Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greaterpleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This special event at Vibrato brought together many people sharing a common bond - a love of jazz and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36478]]></link><description><![CDATA[This special event at Vibrato brought together many people sharing a common bond - a love of jazz and a desire to support its future, ... It gave them the opportunity to indulge in both passions - to celebrate the great artistry of Dave Brubeck, and to support the Brubeck Institute, a program at the University of the Pacific which, through its Fellowship Program and Summer Jazz Colony, serves to train and nurture the next generation of great jazz artists and innovators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49992]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm from the city. I could care less what the zoning is out in the country, frankly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm from the city. I could care less what the zoning is out in the country, frankly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15000</guid></item></channel></rss>