May misfortune follow you the rest of your life, and never catch up.

More Irish Proverbs

• 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.
• 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.