<?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[Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's weird. I mean, he's a dream, a fantasy, and, if he becomes real, it's like he's not mine anymore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53037]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's weird. I mean, he's a dream, a fantasy, and, if he becomes real, it's like he's not mine anymore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come inwhen deep down inside they know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people stand on the dock of life waiting for their ship to come inwhen deep down inside they know it has never left port.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54174]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose a firm cloud before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47563]]></link><description><![CDATA[The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due reverence to God, to society, and to ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8853]]></link><description><![CDATA[For cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from a due reverence to God, to society, and to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My last day here in Hampton is October 4, ... I will then take time for a deep breath, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39483]]></link><description><![CDATA[My last day here in Hampton is October 4, ... I will then take time for a deep breath, and then send everything to the cleaners and start again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God moves in a mysterious way,  His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61968]]></link><description><![CDATA[God moves in a mysterious way,  His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea,  And rides upon the storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For sure it is not to our advantage but they still have some good squad players, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33642]]></link><description><![CDATA[For sure it is not to our advantage but they still have some good squad players,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled;  Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54335]]></link><description><![CDATA[From Stirling Castle we had seen The mazy Forth unravelled;  Had trod the banks of Clyde and Tay,   And with the Tweed had travelled;    And when we came to Clovenford,     Then said "my winsome marrow,"      "Whate'er betide, we'll turn aside,       And see the braes of Yarrow."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political pole, they would have to take their dignity and modesty and throw 'em against the pole, and go without any all the rest of their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18184]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms   And the sky is held in the water.    What is water,     That pours silver,      And can hold the sky?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25969]]></link><description><![CDATA[My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53439]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59769]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That woman is a blessing from God. She was always looking toward the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41978]]></link><description><![CDATA[That woman is a blessing from God. She was always looking toward the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was like the last 15 minutes of the Syracuse game. We played hard and we got into each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37594]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was like the last 15 minutes of the Syracuse game. We played hard and we got into each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways:  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,   Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria  Piscator quam piscis emi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria  Piscator quam piscis emi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a rebel? A man who says no ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53143]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a rebel? A man who says no]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52337]]></link><description><![CDATA[The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people.  The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48159]]></link><description><![CDATA[My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is, above all, the gift of oneself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is, above all, the gift of oneself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of creativity is cynicism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of creativity is cynicism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14581]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great tournament for us. We are a much stronger team the way we played this week. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38652]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great tournament for us. We are a much stronger team the way we played this week. It looks like we are going to keep this lineup.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The International Brigades provided a shock force while the Republic trained and organized an army from an assemblage of individuals. The Spanish people knew they were not fighting alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63061]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not belief in spite of evidence, but life in scorn of consequences -- a courageous trust in the great purpose of all things, and pressing forward to finish the work which is in sight, whatever the price may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess it's just one of those things. I think we've played some really good games against the Eastern teams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28816]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess it's just one of those things. I think we've played some really good games against the Eastern teams because we respect them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is witty for his owne purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is witty for his owne purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are able to conduct it by mail, there would be no polling locations. Running parallel elections, one in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37258]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are able to conduct it by mail, there would be no polling locations. Running parallel elections, one in the mail and one at the polls, is very expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52310]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so cements and holds together all the parts of a society as faith or credit, which can never be kept up unless men are under some force or necessity of honestly paying what they owe to one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,— A stage, where every man must play a part; And mine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,— A stage, where every man must play a part; And mine a sad one. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55542</guid></item></channel></rss>