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44 Best St. Patrick's Day Quotes And Blessings To Bring You The Luck Of The Irish

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Raise a glass (of green beer or Irish coffee, perhaps?) to the very best St. Patrick's Day quotes of them all! These sentimental and funny messages sum up everything we love about March 17. Some of these lines might sounds familiar, like those from popular St. Patrick's Day movies, while other beautiful Irish blessings like "May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow" will become new favorites to recite to your children throughout the year. Simple Irish greetings like "Top o' the mornin' to ya!" offer up friendly fodder, and of course, funny Irish proverbs will have you laughing out loud all St. Paddy's day long!

Whether you're looking for a clever, witty Irish pun or a snappy one-liner for your St. Patrick's Day Instagram caption (Pat Maloney's "Whether I drink often or just once in a while; I'm always sure to raise a glass to the dear old Emerald Isle" is a classic), there's something here for just about every occasion. So go ahead and prepare one of your favorite green cocktails (or two), and set off on a journey to spread some Irish luck and magic with these wise, funny, and meaningful phrases.

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Irish Greeting

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"Top o' the mornin' to ya!"

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Old Irish Blessing

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"May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold—and at the end of your rainbows ay you find a pot of gold."

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3

Jimmy Dean

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"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."

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"Wishing you a pot o' gold and all the joy your heart can hold."

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5

Idries Shah

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"Luck was a mechanism to be devised, and luck and destiny were merely two sides of the same coin."

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Ellie Kemper

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"I have noticed that timing and luck sometimes line up in such a way that you can catch a break."

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7

Tim O'Brien

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"Don't throw away luck on little stuff. Save it up."

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St. Patrick

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"Be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be."

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9

Norman Reedus, 'The Boondock Saints'

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"Yeah, it's St. Paddy's Day. Everyone's Irish tonight."

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Irish Blessing

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"May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future."

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Anthony T. Hicks

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"St. Patrick's Day is a day to celebrate our green heritage. The ancestry of Ireland. It is a day to celebrate what it means to be Irish and of Irish descent."

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Marianne Williamson

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"We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm."

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Irish Blessing

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"May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back."

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Colin Farrell

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"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."

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15

Pat Maloney

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"Whether I drink often or just once in a while; I'm always sure to raise a glass to the dear old Emerald Isle."

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Morgan Llywelyn

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"I'm Irish! When I feel well I feel better than anyone, when I am in pain I yell at the top of my lungs, and when I am dead I shall be deader than anybody."

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Matthew Goode, 'Leap Year'

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"You're not in America now, you're in Ireland. So have a drink and shut up."

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Irish Blessing

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"May the lilt of Irish laughter lighten every load."

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Saoirse Ronan, 'Brooklyn'

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"I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland."

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Wilson Mizner

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"The only sure thing about luck is that it will change."

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