100 Old Inspirational Irish Proverbs And Sayings – Words of Wisdom

1 – “Better to be fortunate than rich”  – Irish Proverb

2 – “Everyone is wise till he speaks”  – Irish Proverb

3 – “Face the sun, but turn your back to the storm”  – Irish Proverb

4 – “Character is better than wealth”  – Irish Proverb

5 – “You won’t learn to swim on the kitchen floor”  – Irish Proverb

6 – “The light heart lives long”  – Irish Proverb

7 – “He is bad that will not take advice, but he is a thousand times worse who takes every advice”  – Irish Proverb

8 – “The end of feast is better than the beginning of a quarrel”  – Irish Proverb

9 – “Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home”  – Irish Proverb

10 – “There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down”  – Irish Proverb

11 – “The longest road out is the shortest road home”  – Irish Proverb

12 – “He who is bad at giving a lodging is good at show the road”  – Irish Proverb

13 – “Every patient is a doctor after his cure”  – Irish Proverb

14 – “As well whistle jigs to a milestone as tell troubles to you”  – Irish Proverb

15 – “Instinct is stronger than upbringing”  – Irish Proverb

16 – “A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns”  – Irish Proverb

17 – “Say a little and say it well”  – Irish Proverb

18 – “The stars make no noise”  – Irish Proverb

19 – “There is luck in leisure”  – Irish Proverb

20 – “It’s for her own good that the cat purrs”  – Irish Proverb

21 – “When luck comes, it comes by the bucketful”  – Irish Proverb

22 – “The work praises the man”  – Irish Proverb

23 – “Every eye forms its own fancy”  – Irish Proverb

24 – “There is no need like the lack of a friend”  – Irish Proverb

25 – “Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid”  – Irish Proverb

26 – “It is easy to halve the potato where there is love”  – Irish Proverb

27 – “Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom”  – Irish Proverb

28 – “A good retreat is better than a bad stand”  – Irish Proverb

29 – “May the enemies of Ireland never meet a friend”  – Irish Proverb

30 – “No man is wise at all times”  – Irish Proverb

31 – “He who comes with a story to you brings two away from you”  – Irish Proverb

32 – “People live in each other’s shelter”  – Irish Proverb

33 – “When fire is applied to a stone it cracks”  – Irish Proverb

34 – “Time is a good storyteller”  – Irish Proverb

35 – “There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught”  – Irish Proverb

36 – “Don’t make little of your dish, for it may be an ignorant person who judges it”  – Irish Proverb

37 – “Need teaches a plan”  – Irish Proverb

38 – “Patience is a poultice for all wounds”  – Irish Proverb

39 – “Ye didn’t turn up when sense being distributed”  – Irish Proverb

40 – “Nobody is wise till something goes against him”  – Irish Proverb

41 – “It’s no secret that’s know to three”  – Irish Proverb

42 – “Men are like bagpipes, no sound comes from them until they are full”  – Irish Proverb

43 – “He is bad that will not take advice, but he is a thousand times worse that takes every advice”  – Irish Proverb

44 – “He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses more; he who loses faith, loses all”  – Irish Proverb

45 – “If you are enough lucky to be Irish, you are lucky enough!”  – Irish Proverb

46 – “Where the tongue slips it speaks the truth”  – Irish Proverb

47 – “Never bolt your door with a boiled carrot”  – Irish Proverb

48 – “Better good manners than good looks”  – Irish Proverb

49 – “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book”  – Irish Proverb

50 – “Even a fool has luck”  – Irish Proverb

51 – “Do not bless the fish till it gets to the land”  – Irish Proverb

52 – “Soft words butter no parsnips but they won’t harden the heart of the cabbage either”  – Irish Proverb

53 – “Better to be a man of character than a man of means”  – Irish Proverb

54 – “Praise the ripe field, not the green corn”  – Irish Proverb

55 – “No time for health today, no health for your time tomorrow”  – Irish Proverb

56 – “It’s hard to teach an old dog to dance”  – Irish Proverb

57 – “Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny”  – Irish Proverb

58 – “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest”  – Irish Proverb

59 – “Good humor comes from the kitchen”  – Irish Proverb

60 – “A trout in the pot is better than a salmon in the sea”  – Irish Proverb

61 – “Marriages are all happy – it’s having breakfast together that causes all the trouble”  – Irish Proverb

62 – “Nodding the head does not row the boat”  – Irish Proverb

63 – “Not every flatterer is a friend”  – Irish Proverb

64 – “Look before you leap”  – Irish Proverb

65 – “There is luck in sharing a thing”  – Irish Proverb

66 – “If you come up in this world be sure not to go down in the next”  – Irish Proverb

67 – “If you dig a grave for others you may fall into it yourself”  – Irish Proverb

68 – “The friend that can be bought is not worth buying”  – Irish Proverb

69 – “A questioning man is halfway to being wise”  – Irish Proverb

70 – “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander”  – Irish Proverb

71 – “From the day you marry your heart will be in your mouth and your hand in your pocket”  – Irish Proverb

72 – “Bend with the tree that will bend with you”  – Irish Proverb

73 – “It’s not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up awhile and down awhile”  – Irish Proverb

74 – “Idleness is a fool’s desire”  – Irish Proverb

75 – “God’s help is nearer than the door”  – Irish Proverb

76 – “Humour, to a man, is like a feather pillow. It is filled with what is easy to get but gives great comfort”  – Irish Proverb

77 – “If your messenger is slow, go to meet him”  – Irish Proverb

78 – “When the cat is out the mice will dance”  – Irish Proverb

79 – “It’s no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking”  – Irish Proverb

80 – “It is not a secret if it is known to three people”  – Irish Proverb

81 – “Age is honorable and youth is noble”  – Irish Proverb

82 – “Enough is a feast”  – Irish Proverb

83 – “If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn”  – Irish Proverb

84 – “There is luck in sharing thing”  – Irish Proverb

85 – “A constant drop wears a hole in the stone”  – Irish Proverb

86 – “A wren in the hand is better than a crane to be caught”  – Irish Proverb

87 – “May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty”  – Irish Proverb

88 – “A glutton lives to eat; a wise man eats to live”  – Irish Proverb

89 – “When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it. Every beginning is weak”  – Irish Proverb

90 – “Always remember that hindsight is the best insight to foresight”  – Irish Proverb

91 – “A sword, a spade and a thought should never be allowed to rust”  – Irish Proverb

92 – “Learning is the desire of the wise”  – Irish Proverb

93 – “Broken Irish is better than clever English”  – Irish Proverb

94 – “Good sense is as important as good food”  – Irish Proverb

95 – “The seekin’ for one thing will find another”  – Irish Proverb

96 – “The fox never found a better messenger than himself”  – Irish Proverb

97 – “Better to be a man of  character than a man of means”  – Irish Proverb

98 – “A friend’s eye is a good mirror”  – Irish Proverb

99 – “Slow is every foot on an unknown path”  – Irish Proverb

100 – “You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was”  – Irish Proverb

101 – “Perseverance is the mother of good luck”  – Irish Proverb

102 – “Do not resent growing old.Many are denied the privilege”  – Irish Proverb

103 – “Who gossips with you will gossip of you”  – Irish Proverb

104 – “A watched kettle never boils”  – Irish Proverb

105 – “Here’s to eyes in your heads and none in your spuds”  – Irish Proverb

106 – “Everything is revealed by time”  – Irish Proverb

107 – “Gold is light with a fool”  – Irish Proverb

108 – “Hope is the physician of each misery”  – Irish Proverb

109 – “A constant guest is never welcome”  – Irish Proverb

110 – “There is no luck except where there is discipline”  – Irish Proverb

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