If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.

More Irish Proverbs

• 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.
• Age is honorable and youth is noble.
• There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.
• It’s better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money!
• If you’re enough lucky to be Irish… You’re lucky enough!
• From the day you marry your heart will be in your mouth and your hand in your pocket.
• A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.
• Better to be a man of character than a man of means.
• There is luck in sharing thing.
• Experience is the comb that life gives a bald man – A man who has lived long enough to lose his hair will no doubt know a thing or two about life.
• A good friend is like a four-leaf clover; hard to find and lucky to have.
• God made time, but man made haste.
• May your heart be light and happy, may your smile be big and wide, and may your pockets always have a coin or two inside!
• He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you.