Memorable Old Ireland Quotes

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"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."
John Millington Synge
"Ireland is a land of poets and saints."
John C. O'Neill
"The best way to say goodbye is to say hello."
Nora Roberts
"May the road rise to meet you. May the wind be always at your back."
Irish Blessing
"Ireland is a country that has found its own charm in imperfections."
Niall Williams
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures."
Irish Proverb
"There are only two kinds of people in the world: the Irish and those who wish they were."
Unknown
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"Wherever you go, it’s the Irish that you’ll meet."
George Bernard Shaw
"The Irish are a very popular race - with themselves."
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Oliver Goldsmith
"In Ireland, you can be anything you want, as long as it has a pint in hand."
Unknown
"The heart of an Irishman is never hidden."
Unknown
"You can take the girl out of Ireland, but you can't take Ireland out of the girl."
Unknown
"There is no country like Ireland for kindness."
Unknown
"An Irishman’s heart is never so happy as when he’s in a pub."
Unknown
"May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light."
Irish Blessing
"A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia."
John McGahern
"Feelings are all that matters. And you are Irish - you have to feel."
Michael D. Higgins
"Your feet will bring you where your heart is."
Irish Proverb
"The land of the free and the home of the brave is a place where the spirit of the Irish is alive."
Unknown
"Ireland is the cradle of my family, a land of rich culture and sorrow."
C.S. Lewis
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"A place where dreams are born, that's my home."
Unknown
"It’s not about how much you have, but how much love you share."
Irish Proverb
"In the end, it’s the love of the Irish people that carries the nation."
Unknown
"The Irish are the ones who make you laugh and cry in the same breath."
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"May your troubles be less, your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door."
Irish Proverb
"To be Irish is to know that in the end, the world will be a better place."
Unknown
"There’s no place like home, except for Ireland."
Unknown
"The Irish are a peculiar people: They never eat until they are sick, and they never drink until they are sober."
James Joyce
"What’s for you won’t pass you by."
Irish Proverb
"It is oneself that one has to be true to."
Seamus Heaney
"A man’s mind can be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild."
James Allen
"The land of the shamrock is my paradise."
Unknown
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met."
William Butler Yeats
"Ireland is a land of saints and scholars."
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"The heart of an Irishman is never in his wallet."
Unknown
"You can take the Irish out of Ireland, but you can’t take Ireland out of the Irish."
Unknown
"For the past, dear heart, I cannot do without it."
Patrick Kavanagh
"When the Irish are wrong, it is never as bad as they think."
Unknown
"To those who tuned to the joy of the spirit of the place, the land of Ireland is a source of mystery and wonder."
Liam O'Flaherty
"There’s a lot of good in this world, but it takes a little Irish to see it."
Unknown
"An Irishman’s heart is never so full as when he is drinking."
Unknown
"The old ways are the best ways."
Irish Proverb
"It is a part of the essence of the Irish to be able to laugh at themselves."
Unknown
"May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead."
Irish Toast
"One man with courage makes a majority."
Andrew Jackson
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Sun Tzu
"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you."
Deepak Chopra
"There is not a lot of difference between a man with a broken heart and a man with broken dreams."
Unknown
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Peter Drucker
"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"Ireland is a country that has found its soul and is now striving for heart."
John Banville
"My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer."
Robert Burns
"A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have."
Irish Proverb
"May you live every day of your life."
Jonathan Swift
"It is often said that before you die your life flashes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It’s called Life."
Scottish Proverb
"A man's mind is like a room; a woman fills it."
James Joyce
"The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything."
Oscar Wilde
"A lovely thing about Ireland is that it’s a kid of an island, where the kids are better than the grown-ups."
Dave Allen
"To be Irish is to know that in the end, the world will change."
John McGahern
"The inevitable never occurs and the unexpected constantly happens in Ireland."
David Norris
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
Indira Gandhi
"May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door."
Irish Blessing
"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."
John Ruskin
"A sha ghra, in the luzh of youth, it is with the lady one meets that one becomes."
James Joyce
"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"The beauty of Ireland is its people."
Unknown
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning."
Catherine Aird
"An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination."
George Bernard Shaw
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
Seneca
"Ireland is the land of the poets. It is the land of O'Leary and Joyce and Synge."
James Joyce
"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
George Bernard Shaw
"There is no such thing as bad publicity, except your own obituary."
Brendan Behan
"May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live."
Irish Proverb
"The best way to keep your word is not to give it."
Irish Proverb
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book."
Irish Proverb
"There are no strangers here; only friends you haven't yet met."
William Butler Yeats
"It's not what you have lost but what you have left that counts."
Irish Proverb
"A treasure of your own is worth more than gold."
Irish Proverb
"Peace and love do not make the world go 'round. They make it go 'round."
Irish Proverb
"Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do 'practice'?"
George Carlin
"May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back."
Irish Blessing
"When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy."
Irish Proverb
"One good friend can change your whole life."
Irish Proverb
"You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a pint, and that’s kind of the same thing."
Irish Proverb
"The heart of an Irishman is never in his head."
Irish Proverb
"In Ireland, the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs."
John O'Leary
"For all the gold in the world, I wouldn’t trade my home."
Irish Proverb
"There is no luck except where there is discipline."
Irish Proverb
"You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind."
Irish Proverb
"It is in the shelter of each other that the people live."
Irish Proverb
"If you want to be wealthy, think of the long term."
Irish Proverb
"A friend is easier lost than found."
Irish Proverb
"A little pot is soon hot."
Irish Proverb
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
Søren Kierkegaard
"If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm."
Irish Proverb
"A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest."
Irish Proverb
"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller
"May you be in heaven a full half hour before the devil knows you’re dead."
Irish Proverb
"There are only two kinds of people in the world, The Irish and those who wish they were."
Irish Proverb
"The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse."
Irish Proverb
"A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have."
Irish Proverb
"I have enjoyed great health at a great age because every day since I can remember I have consumed a bottle of whiskey."
George Bernard Shaw
"To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart."
Unknown
"Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible."
Charles Haughey
"The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried."
James Connolly
"If you cannot understand my argument, and declare it invalid, then you cannot understand my silence."
James Joyce
"The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."
Samuel Beckett
"There’s no sense in being pessimistic. It wouldn’t work anyway."
Unknown
"A nation is made by its people, and we were a nation of storytellers."
Seamus Heaney
"There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."
Old Irish Proverb
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"What is for you will not pass you by."
Irish Proverb
"The heart of an Irishman is never tuned to evil."
Unknown
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley."
Robert Burns
"There is no such thing as unearned wealth; it is all built on the labor of others."
James Connolly
"A wish has a way of becoming a reality when it is made with true intent."
Irish Proverb
"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Some things are just more beautiful when they are old and broken."
Unknown
"It is a struggle to be born, again and again, in the past."
Yvonne O'Callaghan
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."
Saint Augustine
"As you ramble through life, whatever be your goal, keep your eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole."
Irish Proverb
"No matter how many times I find myself shot down, I always get back up."
Unattributed but based on Irish resolve
"A soft drink is the danger of a silent fight."
Unknown
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