In honor of the occasion, here are some quotes compiled by Wikiquote, Good Reads, Good Housekeeping and Quotabulary:
“No wonder that we Irish lads should be so free and frisky/Since St. Patrick taught us first the knack of drinking of good whiskey; ‘Twas he that brew’d the best of malt, and understood distilling/For his mother she kept a shebeen shop in the town of Inniskillen!” - Shane Na Gael
“The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.” - Barbara Sher
“May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back.” - Irish Blessing
“The way we are living/timorous or bold/will have been our life.” - Seamus Heaney
“Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.” - Pope John Paul II
“Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels.” - Nora Roberts
“Now there’s some take delight in the carriages a-rollin’/And others take delight in the hurling and the bowling/But I take delight in the juice of the barley/And courting pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early” - Author Unknown, “Whiskey in the Jar,” traditional Irish song
“The Irish are a very fair people, they never speak well of one another.” - Samuel Johnson
“We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.” - Marianne Williamson
“The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination.” - George Bernard Shaw
“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
“I got thousands of stories, you’ve heard them before, yet I’ll tell them again and again/Come on, pull up a stool now and buy me a drink, and please think of me as a friend.” - Ken Casey
“May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, May good luck pursue you each morning and night.” - Irish Blessing
“If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you go—you’ll find family.” - Victoria Smurfit
“Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him!” - Irish Proverb
“What is more, let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, [he] who knew everything, even before the beginning of time.” - Saint Patrick
“I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul’s desire.” - Saint Patrick
