A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught.

More Irish Proverbs

• There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
• Every patient is a doctor after his cure.
• You’ve got to do your own growing no matter how tall your father was.
• May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.
• Idleness is a fool’s desire.
• Never scald your lips with another man’s porridge.
• You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
• A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds, and a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.
• Beware of the anger of a patient man.
• May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks. May your heart be as light as a song. May each day bring you bright, happy hours that stay with you all year long.
• Say a little and say it well.
• Life is like a cup of tea, it’s all in how you make it!
• Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home.
• May the most you wish for be the least you get.
• If God sends you down a stony path, may he give you strong shoes.
• Slow is every foot on an unknown path.
• A watched kettle never boils.
• Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid.
• In every land, hardness is in the north of it, softness in the south, industry in the east, and fire and inspiration in the west.
• May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
• Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you.
• Do not resent growing old. Many are denied the privilege.
• If you are enough lucky to be Irish, you are lucky enough!
• It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.
• God’s help is nearer than the door.
• Who keeps his tongue keeps his friends.
• A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea.