<?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[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582 O God, grant that today  I may not disappoint any friend; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582 O God, grant that today  I may not disappoint any friend;  I may not grieve any loved one;  I may not fail anyone to whom I have a duty;  I may not shame myself. Grant that today  I may do my work with honesty and fidelity;  I may take my pleasure in happiness and purity. Grant that today  I may lead no one astray;  I may not make goodness and faith harder for anyone. Help me today  to be a help and example to all;  to bring strength and encouragement wherever I am: Through Jesus Christ my Lord, Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's dreams are an index to his greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your spirit is the true shield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your spirit is the true shield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60028]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing a song of sixpence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing a song of sixpence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help me to resist temptation, Lord, especially when I know no one is looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Help me to resist temptation, Lord, especially when I know no one is looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54261]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pursuits become habits. [Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pursuits become habits. [Lat., Abeunt studia in mores.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy votive train of girls and boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only part to meet again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only part to meet again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area where they will have to agree to disagree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the three words you never want to hear while making love? Honey, I'm home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55263]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the three words you never want to hear while making love? Honey, I'm home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them -- but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aqueducts are off. The water I have in storage is what I've got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35410]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aqueducts are off. The water I have in storage is what I've got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't wake up in August 2003 and decide to be on the next ballot. This took many efforts at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32327]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't wake up in August 2003 and decide to be on the next ballot. This took many efforts at financing and planning this building.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot attain to the understanding of Scripture either by study or by the intellect. Your first duty is to begin by prayer. Entreat the Lord to grant you, of His great mercy, the true understanding of His Word. There is no other interpreter of the Word of God than the Author of this Word, as He Himself has said, "They shall be all taught of God" (John 6:45). Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding: trust solely in God, and in the influence of His Spirit. Believe this on the word of a man who has experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her honeymoon, and that's priceless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6078]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make an efficient choice in moments of indecision, you establish more effectiveness within a given time span, saving energy and stress. That's a time shift. William Jennings Bryan Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48773]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18801]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The employment numbers are pretty decent. But the concern I have is that two of the sectors showing the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The employment numbers are pretty decent. But the concern I have is that two of the sectors showing the most strength construction and financial activities are very interest-rate sensitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime,  Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle,   Now melt into sorrow, now madded to crime?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is more important than all justice; and was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is more important than all justice; and was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47491]]></link><description><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19010]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2620]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like many of the leaders and teacher [in the church], perhaps I failed to prepare people for the way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like many of the leaders and teacher [in the church], perhaps I failed to prepare people for the way of suffering. I had not suffered much myself and did not help people to be ready for it. But the fact is: when you follow Jesus, what happened to Him happens to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57971]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense. I believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54893]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense. I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63080]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to him   As if it never made a dam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33240]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is curiosity, quite right-a divine curiosity. A characteristic of the gods is curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming of a to-morrow, which to-morrow Will be as distant then as 'tis to-day.   - Lope Felix de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming of a to-morrow, which to-morrow Will be as distant then as 'tis to-day.   - Lope Felix de Vega Carpio ("Tome Burguillos"),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check,  Richer than doing nothing for a robe,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48204]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check,  Richer than doing nothing for a robe,   Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk:    Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine     Yet keeps his book uncrossed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35051]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price, ... Neither company has a strong interest in seeing this resolved in the court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace. -King Henry VIII. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56051]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to heaven, and slept in peace. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14324]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843</guid></item></channel></rss>