Well, folks; here we are at the end of yet another month, and you know what that means, right? Yep, it’s time for another inspiring edition of Great Quotes. I think you’ll agree they may even impart a bit of wisdom – along with perhaps just a bit of fun.

So, if you find yourself searching for some encouragement, inspiration or perhaps even just a chuckle or two, you’ve come to the right place! Check these out:

• In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. – Albert Schweitzer
• Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. – Will Rogers
• I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. – Jane Austen
• I have opinions of my own — strong opinions — but I don’t always agree with them. – George Bush
• People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. – Soren Kierkegaard
• A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the word you first thought of. – Burt Bacharach
• Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts. – Jim Morrison
• As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. – Dick Cavett
• Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? – Harry Shearer
• Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. – Ronald Reagan
• Never knock on Death’s door: ring the bell and run away! Death really hates that! – Matt Frewer
• If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day. – John Wheeler
• Walking isn’t a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage. – Evan Esar
• The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. – John Kenneth Galbraith
• A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. – Daniel Webster
• Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer
• One man that has a mind and knows it can, always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t. – George Bernard Shaw
• Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know. – Cullen Hightower

And finally, as an encouraging word of advice for the coming new year, there’s this little jewel of wisdom:

• Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. – Marie Curie