May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.

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.