{"id":13839,"date":"2026-03-10T08:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/6-inspiring-irish-quotes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:33:17","slug":"6-inspiring-irish-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.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’s 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

READ MORE: St. Patrick\u2019s Day Activities for Families<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/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><\/li>\n
  2. “People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” \u2014Iris Murdoch<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. “And 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.” \u2014John Butler Yeats<\/em>\"Irish<\/li>\n
  4. “Your feet will bring you where your heart is.\u201d \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.”\u2014George Moore<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. “Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. “The 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.” \u2014Elizabeth Bowen<\/em>\"Irish<\/li>\n
  8. “The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.” \u2014Colum McCann<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. “May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.” \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. “A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.” \u2014Jonathan Swift<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.” \u2014George Bernard Shaw<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. “May the wind always be at your back.” \u2014Irish Proverb<\/em><\/li>\n
  13. “When you fall in love, it is spring no matter when. Leaves falling make no difference, they are from another season.” \u2014Edna O’Brien<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. “There is not past, no future; everything flows in an eternal present.” \u2014James Joyce<\/em><\/li>\n
  15. “God spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days.”\u2014William Butler Yeats<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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