St. Patrick’s Day Quotes to Help You Channel the Luck of the Irish

January 16, 2023

Today we’d like to make your green celebrations even more special with our selection of best St. Patrick’s Day card quotes. Whether you’re finishing the invitations for your party, writing a card to a family member or sending a message to a friend – a cute or funny quote can be a great way to make the recipient smile.

The beginning of a new year brings us many reasons for celebrations, each with their own significance and customs, but few of them feel as freeing and exhilarating as St. Patrick’s Day. This 1000-year-old Irish holiday was originally a feast honouring the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. Today, however, it’s mostly known as a celebration of camaraderie, gratitude, and Irish heritage shared between friends and family.

Below, we’ve listed some of our favourite St. Patrick’s Day quotes that you can use in greeting cards to kick off your celebrations. And, if you’d really like to help your loved ones start the day with a bang, check out our Exploding Confetti Gift Boxes!

Short St. Patrick’s Day Quotes

We know that often less is more, which also applies to certain types of wishes and messages. Indeed, some of the best St. Patrick’s Day quotes are sweet and short. The sayings and blessings below might be straight to the point, but they do a great job of conveying this holiday spirit. They’re a perfect choice if you’re looking for St. Patrick’s Day card quotes for work and colleagues, too!

Luck is believing you are lucky. — Tennessee Williams
Wishing you a pot o’gold and all the joy your heart can hold.
Yeah, it's St. Paddy's Day. Everyone's Irish tonight. — Norman Reedus
A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.
Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. — Nora Roberts
Irish kisses and shamrock wishes.
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. — Wilson Mizner
Be still and know that I am. Be still and know. Be still. Be. — St. Patrick

Funny Quotes for St. Patrick’s Day

A light heart is probably one of the greatest blessings anyone can wish for. And nothing lightens the mood more than some good ol’ Irish humour! So consider adding these funny St. Patrick’s Day quotes to your wishes – your loved ones will feel lucky to have you around to lighten the mood!

You’ve got to think lucky. If you fall into a mud hole, check your back pocket. You might have caught a fish. — Darrell Royal
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
You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. (Irish proverb)
Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold beer – and another one!
There are only two kinds of people in the world: the Irish and those who wish they were.
Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don’t want to press your luck.
The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad / For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. — G.K. Chesterton

Inspirational St. Patrick’s Day Quotes

St. Patrick’s Day is the time to have fun, revel and enjoy the company of others. But it’s also a great time to get inspired – by the strength of the Irish spirit, Ireland’s history, and the spirit of camaraderie. So use these St. Patrick’s Day inspirational quotes to warm your friends and family’s hearts.

‘When Fortune knocks, open the door,’ they say. But why should one make fortune knock by keeping the door shut? — Idries Shah
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
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. — Thomas Jefferson
We survive. We're Irish. We have the souls of poets. We love our misery, we delight in the beauty of strange places and dark places in our hearts. — Ellis Flynn
We are all a great deal luckier than we realise, we usually get what we want – or near enough. — Roald Dahl
You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it. — Jimmy Dean
Luck was a mechanism to be devised, and luck and destiny were merely two sides of the same coin. — Amanda Foody

Cute Quotes for St. Patrick’s Day

Whether you’re sending a quick message to your friend or writing a card to your partner, consider using these cute St. Patrick’s Day card quotes. Not too serious, not too silly – they’re a perfect endearing option for most messages.

St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time – a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic. — Adrienne Cook
May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back.
If you’re Irish, it doesn’t matter where you are – you’ll find family. — Victoria Smurfit
If you're going to be lost, there's no friendlier place to get lost in than Ireland. — Rebekah Crane
A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns. (Irish proverb)
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. — William Butler Yeats

Lucky St. Patrick’s Day Quotes

We hope you and your friends found the perfect all-green attire for St. Patrick’s Day. But if you don’t want to rely solely on four-leaf clovers and leprechaun’s blessings, we’ve got you! Wish your loved ones good fortune using these lucky St. Patrick’s Day card quotes.

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
Don't throw away luck on little stuff. Save it up. — Tim O’Brien
May your neighbours respect you, troubles neglect you, the angels protect you, and heaven accept you.
The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself. — Douglas McArthur
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act. — Barbara Shar
May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold – and at the end of your rainbows may you find a pot of gold.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

St. Patrick’s Day Quotes Full of Love

A day full of joy and celebration is an excellent occasion to express your love for the special people in your life. So go ahead and use these St. Patrick’s Day love quotes to spread positivity on this special day!

Here's to good Irish friends – never above you, never below you, always beside you.
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. — Pope John Paul II
Long live the Irish. Long live their cheer. Long live our friendship. Year after year.
O, love is the soul of a true Irishman; he loves all that's lovely, loves all that he can, with his sprig of shillelagh and shamrock so green. — Edward Lysaght
May you always find three welcomes in life: in a garden during summer, at a hearth during winter, and in the hearts of friends throughout all your years.

The Most Irish St. Patrick’s Day Quotes

It’s easy to get lost in the cheers, songs and all things green that accompany St. Patrick’s Day. But let’s not forget that it is, at its core, an occasion to celebrate the Irish spirit and heritage. So below, we’ve put together a list of some of the most Irish St. Patrick’s card quotes.

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you wherever you go.
That’s right, there’s free beer in Irish paradise. Everyone’s jealous. — Kevin Hearne
The one thing us Irish have is the ability to laugh at ourselves. God bless us all. — Ann Kennedy
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. — William Butler Yeats
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to. — Shane Leslie
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'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. — Morgan Llywelyn

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

We hope you found some inspiration in this collection of happy St Patrick’s. Day card quotes and sayings. As the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations approach, we hope you‘ll have the time to bring some happiness and luck into your loved ones’ lives, be it with a heartfelt message inside a greeting card or a sweet surprise.

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