<?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 first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those who have to fight the battle of Christianity in the twentieth century," wrote Marcus Dods. "Yes, perhaps I do; but it will be a stiff fight." Of course, he did, and anybody with his valiant spirit would. There was a day when our Lord passed through cheering streets wildly enthusiastic; and another day when He watched the crowds deserting Him, till even the disciples themselves seemed to be withering, and He looked at them sadly. "Will you also go away?" He said. And Peter strode across the sudden empty spaces widening around Him, and put his back to Christ's. "No", he cried; "there are two of us, at least", and faced the world, Christ's poor minority of one. I would rather have been Peter than one of the shouting mob. And today, perhaps, we may get our chance of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the mist]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50360]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged, and the disease in a great measure removed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   Love... makes the whole difference between an execution and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   Love... makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66093]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free soil, free men, free speech, Fremont. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Free soil, free men, free speech, Fremont.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were disciplined in the second half, though, and we made it through as group winners, when no one thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were disciplined in the second half, though, and we made it through as group winners, when no one thought we had a chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26446]]></link><description><![CDATA[What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is easier than temperance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is easier than temperance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great put the little on the hooke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49863]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great put the little on the hooke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more we fear crosses, the more reason we have to think that we stand in need of them: let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more we fear crosses, the more reason we have to think that we stand in need of them: let us not be discouraged when the hand of God layeth heavy ones upon us. We ought to judge of the violence of our disease by the violence of the remedies which our spiritual physician prescribes for us. It is a great argument of our wretchedness and of God's mercy, that, notwithstanding the difficulty of our recovery, He vouchsafes to undertake our cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because they come off the bench doesn't mean they're not really good. We're a team and everyone gets an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because they come off the bench doesn't mean they're not really good. We're a team and everyone gets an opportunity. We use different kinds of combinations for different reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60753]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57596]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever beenaccomplished without enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21948]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever beenaccomplished without enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is the refusal to panic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is the refusal to panic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom and equality. He defended the rights of Palestinians, their freedom and independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50074]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must not measure the reality of love by feelings, but by results. Feelings are very delusive. They often depend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8377]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must not measure the reality of love by feelings, but by results. Feelings are very delusive. They often depend on mere natural temperament, and the devil wrests them to our hurt. A glowing imagination is apt to seek itself rather than God. But if you are earnest in striving to serve and endure for God's sake, if you persevere amid temptation, dryness, weariness, and desolation, you may rest assured that your love is real.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then purg'd with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18478]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65996]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Place your attention 6 inches above your crown.God is breathing in and out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Place your attention 6 inches above your crown.God is breathing in and out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the semifinals we will need to play diligently in front of Mercer, while playing unbelievably aggressive in front of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42634]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the semifinals we will need to play diligently in front of Mercer, while playing unbelievably aggressive in front of their net minder. This weekend, we will need to score more than two goals on 36 shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will ourself in person to this war; And, for our coffers, with too great a court  And liberal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54513]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will ourself in person to this war; And, for our coffers, with too great a court  And liberal largess, are grown somewhat light,   We are enforced to farm our royal realm,    The revenue whereof shall furnish us     For our affairs in hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13918]]></link><description><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where English minds and manners may be found,   Shall be constrained to love thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer  Cry cock-a-diddle-dowe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer  Cry cock-a-diddle-dowe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all make mistakes but one has to move on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37717]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all make mistakes but one has to move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the most important duty? One's duty toward one's parent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13064]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the most important duty? One's duty toward one's parent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hit the ball hard, give them credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42119]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hit the ball hard, give them credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known sorrow--therefore I May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily  Than those who never sorrowed upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24174]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known sorrow--therefore I May laugh with you, O friend, more merrily  Than those who never sorrowed upon earth   And know not laughter's worth.    I have known laughter--therefore I     May sorrow with you far more tenderly      Than those who never guess how sad a thing       Seems merriment to one heart's suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you look at a list of companies we serve . . . you start to get a feel for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36785]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you look at a list of companies we serve . . . you start to get a feel for what we are able to do in customizing our training to meet your needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say little if not egged on by vanity. [Fr., On parle peu quand la vanite ne fait pas parler.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60380]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say little if not egged on by vanity. [Fr., On parle peu quand la vanite ne fait pas parler.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Lift up your heart to Him, sometimes even at your meals, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617   Lift up your heart to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him. You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we are aware of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fellow of no mark nor likelihood. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55881]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fellow of no mark nor likelihood. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves they rise.   Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,    Walk with and warn us!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4545</guid></item></channel></rss>