{"id":13839,"date":"2026-03-10T08:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/6-inspiring-irish-quotes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:03:41","slug":"6-inspiring-irish-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guideposts.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/6-inspiring-irish-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Irish Quotes and Proverbs for St. Patrick’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/a> is a time to celebrate Ireland and the Irish heritage\u2014through music, food, Irish quotes and poetry, and more. Enjoy these ten inspiring proverbs and quotes from acclaimed Irish writers.<\/p>\n

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1. \u201cYou might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace\u2026 It\u2019s lovely to know that the world can\u2019t interfere with the inside of your head.\u201d \u2014Frank McCourt<\/em><\/p>\n

2. \u201cPeople from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.\u201d \u2014Iris Murdoch<\/em><\/p>\n

3 \u201cAnd happiness\u2026what is it? I say it is neither virtue nor pleasure, nor this thing nor that, but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.\u201d \u2014John Butler Yeats<\/p>\n

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4. \u201cYour feet will bring you where your heart is.\u201d \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/p>\n

5. \u201cA man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.\u201d\u2014George Moore<\/em><\/p>\n

6. \u201cSuccess consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.\u201d \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/p>\n

7. \u201cThe best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.\u201d \u2014Elizabeth Bowen<\/p>\n

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8. \u201cThe world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.\u201d \u2014Colum McCann<\/em><\/p>\n

9. \u201cMay neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.\u201d \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/p>\n

10. \u201cA wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.\u201d \u2014Jonathan Swift<\/em><\/p>\n

11. \u201cProgress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.\u201d \u2014George Bernard Shaw<\/em><\/p>\n

12. \u201cMay the wind always be at your back.\u201d \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/p>\n

13. \u201cWhen you fall in love, it is spring no matter when. Leaves falling make no difference, they are from another season.\u201d \u2014Edna O\u2019Brien<\/em><\/p>\n

14. \u201cThere is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.\u201d \u2014James Joyce<\/em><\/p>\n

15. \u201cGod spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days.\u201d\u2014William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n

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