Like it says, everybody’s Irish on St. Paddy’s Day! To mark this festive Irish holiday on March 17, we’ve assembled some of the best St Patricks Day quotes so you can lift a toast to Éire’s patron saint — and ideally, win some good luck for the new year (even if you can’t spot a four-leaf clover or catch a leprechaun this year).
St. Paddy’s Day is a celebration— you know it — of St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint, who dedicated the country to Christianity. Yet Saints aside, people from all cultures get in the mood by wearing black, enjoying typical Irish cuisine, decorating with shamrocks, holding parties— and obviously lifting their full Guinness glasses high on March 17. Whether you’re thinking the Irish luck will spill off on you, turn to these quotations from St. Patrick’s Day, life sayings, luck ruminations, and spread Irish blessings.
1) Saint Patrick’s Day Quotes
“May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.” – Irish Blessing
2) St Patricks Day Quotes Norman Reedus
Norman Reedus, The Boondock Saints “Yeah, it’s St. Paddy’s Day. Everyone’s Irish tonight.”
3) Humor st Patricks day quotes
“May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back.” Irish Blessing
4) Inspirational St Patrick’s day quotes
“May the happiest days of your past, be the saddest days of your future.”
5) St Patrick’s day quotes for kids
“That’s what the holidays are for—for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn’t that the Irish way?” – Lara Flynn Boyle
6) Work st Patricks day quotes
“May the clouds in your life be only a background for a lovely sunset.” – Challenge quotes
7) St Patricks day drinking quotes
“The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination.” – George Bernard Shaw
8) St Patricks Day Quotes
“Every St. Patrick’s Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.” – Shane Leslie
9) Catchy st Patrick’s day phrases
“If you hold a four-leaf shamrock in your left hand at dawn on St. Patrick’s Day you get what you want very much but haven’t wished for.” – Patricia Lynch
10) Vintage st Patricks day quotes
“If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you are – you’ll find family.” – Victoria Smurfit
11) St Patrick’s Day Sayings
“Don’t throw away luck on little stuff. Save it up.” – Tim O’Brien
12) Cute happy st Patricks day quotes
“May good luck be with you wherever you go. And your blessing outnumbers the shamrocks that grow.” – Good Quotes about life
13) Humor happy st Patricks day quotes
“Whether I drink often or just once in a while; I’m always sure to raise a glass to the dear old Emerald Isle.” – Pat Maloney
14) St Patrick’s Day Wishes
“I’m of Ireland, and I’ll stay in Ireland until I die.” Tom Cruise St Patricks Day Quotes, ‘Far and Away’
15) St Patrick’s Day Messages
“There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.” John Millington Synge keep calm quotes
16) Blessings st Patrick’s day quotes and sayings
“May your troubles be less. And your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door.” – Saint Patricks Day Quotes Irish Blessing
17) Love St Patricks day quotes
“That’s right, there’s free beer in Irish paradise. Everyone’s jealous.” – Kevin Hearne
18) St Patrick’s Day Irish Sayings
“Oh, Paddy, dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round? The shamrock is forbidden by law to grow on Irish ground! No more St. Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his color can’t be seen, For there’s a cruel law agin’ the Wearin’ o’ the green.” – Anonymous
19) Snoopy St Patricks day quotes
“The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.” – Douglas MacArthur Saint Patricks Day Quotes Best luck of all
20) Saint Patrick’s Day sayings
“Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels.” – Nora Roberts Saint Patricks Day Quotes Dreamers rebels
21) Happy St Patricks Day in Irish
“A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.” – Saint Patricks Day Quotes Lucky to have
22) Best St. Patrick’s Day Quotes
“May your pockets are heavy and your heart is light, may good luck pursue you each morning and night.” – Irish Blessing
23) St Patrick’s Day Blessings
“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
24) Inspirational Words of Wisdom
“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.” – Wilson Mizner
25) St Patrick’s Day Blessing
“Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.” Fiona Shaw
26) St Patrick day pictures and quotes
“Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but if your name is Eisenhower, you’ve got to wear something green to show it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
27) St Patrick’s day greetings
“The list of Irish saints is passing counting; but in it all, no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as St. Patrick.” – Stephen Gwynn
28) St Patrick’s Day Poems
“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.” – Irish Blessing
29) St Patrick’s Day Message
“Grant me a sense of humor, Lord, the saving grace to see a joke, To win some happiness from life, and pass it on to other folks.” – Irish Prayer
30) Top St Patrick’s Day Quotes
“Ireland has one of the world’s heaviest rainfalls. If you see an Irishman with a tan, it’s rust.” – Dave Allen