<?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[Unconscious humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unconscious humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is going to be a great game, you have two good programs going against each other. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is going to be a great game, you have two good programs going against each other. It is going to be a good test for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a right anybody can use, so please, if there is any problem with a press publication, there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29418]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a right anybody can use, so please, if there is any problem with a press publication, there are also laws to solve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48049]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear not death, for it is your destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear not death, for it is your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's something for everybody at Picnic Day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40867]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's something for everybody at Picnic Day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there are multiple complaints, then my suspicion would be somewhere between the refinery and the tank, the blend encountered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there are multiple complaints, then my suspicion would be somewhere between the refinery and the tank, the blend encountered water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14269]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is not a postscript or an incidental afterthought; it is a serious and weighty part of the world's economy. One feels increasingly the height of the faculty in which it arises, the nobility of things associated with it, and the greatness of services it renders. - Oscar Firkins: Memoirs and Letters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27797]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's enough maturity in the offerings from Salesforce.com now that it will open up a market opportunity beyond the early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35289]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's enough maturity in the offerings from Salesforce.com now that it will open up a market opportunity beyond the early adopters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is a measure of time and, in the autumn, time seems speeded up. What was is not and never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is a measure of time and, in the autumn, time seems speeded up. What was is not and never again will be; what is is change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32544]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we just haven't been able to get over the hump the last few years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's weird that people get rewarded for being the millionth fan, or visitor, and the first one gets nothing. Thank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36909]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's weird that people get rewarded for being the millionth fan, or visitor, and the first one gets nothing. Thank you for not appreciating my work before 999,999 people, here's a gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ain't all beer and skittles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ain't all beer and skittles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline yourself, and others won't need to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away. [Lat., Gaudia non remanent, sed fugitiva volant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away. [Lat., Gaudia non remanent, sed fugitiva volant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19983]]></link><description><![CDATA[man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To teach me what thou art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty so ancient and so fresh, yea too late came I to love thee. And behold, thou wert within me, and I out of myself, where I made search for thee: I ugly rushed headlong upon those beautiful things thou hast made. Thou indeed wert with me; but I was not with thee: these beauties kept me far enough from thee: even those, which unless they were in thee, should not be at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think it is any surprise to anybody because everyone who has talked to me since I resigned said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35305]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think it is any surprise to anybody because everyone who has talked to me since I resigned said they understand that there is a pervasive negative attitude in the county, ... There is a lot of criticism. The focus seems to be on criticizing county government as opposed to, at least sometimes, looking at the good things that are going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment -- but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63640]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a child of his environment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a child of his environment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a way for families to spend time together doing something creative. And when it's done, everybody will have created a memory they can take home with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23240]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself. [Ger., Des Spass verliert Alles, wenn der Spassmacher selber lacht.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31963]]></link><description><![CDATA[The outlook continues to look good, especially growth in emerging markets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. -Anon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. -Anon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[150,000 of our fellow countrymen are in prison in the home country, because they have declared themselves against this fratricidal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38534]]></link><description><![CDATA[150,000 of our fellow countrymen are in prison in the home country, because they have declared themselves against this fratricidal war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world slide. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world slide. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24341]]></link><description><![CDATA[A system tends to grow in complexity instead of simplicity, until the resulting unreliability becomes intolerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28640]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the time. .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20292]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11361]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/377]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what it was. I don't think we played very well for some reason. We had some injuries. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37711]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know what it was. I don't think we played very well for some reason. We had some injuries. But that's no excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lost reputation is the best degree for Christ's service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6817]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lost reputation is the best degree for Christ's service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6817</guid></item></channel></rss>