Oscar Wilde Quotes [Part 3]

"Bad manners make a journalist."

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” 

"Beauty is a form of genius 

-- is higher, indeed, than genius, 

as it needs no explanation. 

It is of the great facts in the world 

like sunlight, or springtime, 

or the reflection in dark water 

of that silver shell we call the moon."

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, 

there was something tragic.”

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. 

There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."

"Better the rule of One, whom all obey, 

than to let clamorous demagogues 

betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy."

"Biography lends to death a new terror."

"But what is the difference between literature and journalism?...

Journalism is unreadable and literature is not read. That is all."

"By persistently remaining single, 

a man converts himself into 

a permanent public temptation. 

Men should be more careful."

"Charity creates a multitude of sins."

"Children begin by loving their parents; 

as they grow older they judge them; 

sometimes they forgive them."

"Civilization is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. 

There are only two ways by which man can reach it. 

One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt."

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

"Conversation should touch everything, 

but should concentrate itself on nothing."

"Crying is the refuge of plain women, but the ruin of pretty ones."

"Cultivated leisure is the aim of man."

"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."

"Despotism is unjust to everybody, 

including the despot, 

who was probably made for better things."

"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."

"Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, 

is man's original virtue. 

It is through disobedience that progress has been made, 

through disobedience and through rebellion."

"Do not speak ill of society, Algie. 

Only people who can't get in do that."

"Do you really think, Arthur, 

that it is weakness that yields to temptation? 

I tell you that there are terrible temptations 

that it requires strength, 

strength and courage, to yield to."

"Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness."

"Each of the professions means a prejudice. 

The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. 

We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; 

the age in which people are so industrious  that they become absolutely stupid."

“Education is an admirable thing, 

but it is well to remember from time to time 

that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

John Lennon Quotes [part 3]

“imagine a world without people”

“Imagine all the people, sharing all the world”

“Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

“It came in a vision - a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 

'From this day forward you are Beatles with an A.' 

Thank you Mister Man, they said, thanking him.”

“It matters not who you love, 

where you love, why you love, 

when you love or how you love, 

it matters only that you love”

“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. 

You'd wake up in a concert and think 

"Wow how did I get here?”

“It's weird not to be weird.”

“I've never really been wanted.”

“Later, I went back and looked at it 

and realized that the walrus was the bad guy in the story 

and the carpenter was the good guy. 

I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy. 

I should have said, ‘I am the carpenter.’

 But that wouldn’t have been the same, would it? ‘

I am the carpenter….”

“Let It Be”

“Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends” 

“Life is what happens while you are making other plans”

“Limitless undying love which shines around me like 

a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.”

“Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.”

“Living is easy with eyes closed

Misunderstanding all you see

It's getting hard to be someone

But it all works out

It doesn't matter much to me.”

“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir,

 once given never forgotten,

 never let it disappear.”

“Love is like a flower-you've got to let it grow.”

“Love is like a precious plant. 

You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard 

or just think it's going to get on by itself. 

You've got to keep on watering it. 

You've got to really look after it and nurture it.”

“Love is the Answer. What was the Question?”

“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”

“Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.”

“Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King 

are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. 

I can never work that out. We're pacifists, 

but I'm not sure what it means 

when you're such a pacifist that you get shot.

 I can never understand that.”

“Make love, not war.”

“Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.”

“Music is everybody's business. 

It's only the publishers who think people own it”

Irish Blessings [Part 6]

May you be in heaven a full half hour 

before the devil knows your dead

May you be buried in a casket

 made from the wood of a 100 year old oak 

That I shall plant tomorrow. 

May you be poor in misfortune, 

Rich in blessings, 

Slow to make enemies, 

And quick to make friends. 

May you be poor in misfortune,

Rich in blessings,

Slow to make enemies,

Quick to make friends,

But rich or poor,quick or slow,

May you know nothing but

Happiness from this day forward. 

May you both be blessed

With the strength if heaven,

The light of the sun and the

Radiance of the moon,

The splendor of fire,

The speed fo lightning,

The depth of the sea,

The swiftness if wind,

The stability fo earth,

And the firmness of rock. 

May you die in bed at ninety-five years, 

shot by a jealous husband [or wife].

May you enjoy the four greatest blessings:

Honest work to occupy you.

A hearty appetite to sustain you.

A good woman to love you.

And a wink from the God above.

May you get all your wishes but one 
so you always have something to strive for.

May you have: A world of wishes at your command. 
God and his angels close to hand. 
Friends and family their love impart, 
and Irish blessings in your heart

May you have food and raiment, 

A soft pillow for your head, 

May you be forty years in heaven 

Before the devil knows you're dead.

May you have love that never ends, 

lots of money, and lots of friends. 

Health be yours, whatever you do, 

and may God send many blessings to you.

May you have the health of a salmon

a strong heart and a wet mouth.

May you have the hindsight 

to know where you’ve been, 

the foresight to know where you’re going 

and the insight to know when you’re going too far. 

May you have warm words 

on a cold evening, 

a full moon on a dark night, 

and the road downhill 

all the way to your door. 

May you know nothing but happiness. 

From this day forward.

May you live a long life 

Full of gladness and health, 

With a pocket full of gold 

As the least of you wealth. 

May the dreams you hold dearest, 

Be those which come true, 

The kindness you spread, 

Keep returning to you.

May you live as long as you want,

And never want as long as you live. 

May you live all the days of your life.

May you live forever

And may the last words you hear be mine!

May you live long, Die happy, 

And rate a mansion in heaven.

May you live to be a hundred 

And may I live to sing at your wake. 

May you live to be a hundred years, 

with one extra year to repent. 

May you look back fifty years from now

 and agree that today was the worst  day 

of your married life.

May you never find trouble

All crowdin' and shovin'

But always good fortune

All smilin' and lovin'

May you never forget what is worth remembering, 

Nor ever remember what is best forgotten. 

Muhammad Ali Quotes [Part 1]

“A rooster crows only when it sees the light.

Put him in the dark and he'll never crow.

I have seen the light and I'm crowing.”

“Age is whatever you think it is.

You are as old as you think you are”

All black Americans have slave names.

They have white names;

names that the slave master has given to them.

All of us are so mixed. My great-grandfather was white.

“All through my life, I have been tested.

My will has been tested,

my courage has been tested,

my strength has been tested.

Now my patience and endurance are being tested.”

“Allah is the Greatest. I'm just the greatest boxer”

Allah's the Arabic term for God.

Stand up for God, fight for God,

work for God and do the right thing,

and go the right way,

things will end up in your corner.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me.

In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

Archie's been living off the fat of the land.

I'm here to give him his pension plan.

At home I am a nice guy:

but I don't want the world to know.

Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

Cassius Clay is a name

that white people gave to my slave master.

Now that I am free,

that I don't belong anymore to anyone,

that I'm not a slave anymore,

I gave back their white name,

and I chose a beautiful African one.

“Champions aren't made in gyms.

Champions are made from something

they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.

They have to have the skill, and the will.

But the will must be stronger than the skill.”

“Don't count the days, make the days count.”

“Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee”

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

The hands can't hit what the eyes can't see.”

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the U.S. Bureau of Wild Life.

Friendship... is not something you learn in school.

But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship,

you really haven't learned anything.

“Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain.

It's not something you learn in school.

But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship,

you really haven't learned anything.”

'Get up sucker and fight. Get up and fight.

“Go to College, Stay in school,

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread,

they can sure make something out of you.”

God tries you in certain, certain ways.

Some people are rich, and they believe in God.

They lose the money, things get hard,

they get weak and quit going to church.

Quit serving God like they did.

“Hating people because of their color is wrong.

And it doesn't matter which color does the hating.

It's just plain wrong.”

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”

"He's too ugly to be the champ!"

Clint Eastwood Quotes [Part 1]

"A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness."

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

“A Love like this happens but once in a lifetime” 

A man’s got to know his limitations.

"Actors know what actors are insecure about 

and they're all insecure."

Again, after you've gone through all the various processes 

and the film comes out and is very successful, 

you're almost afraid to revisit it. 

You want to save it for a rainy day.

"Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it."

"Alfred Hitchcock once told me, 

when I was analyzing a lot of things about his pictures, 

'Clint, you must remember, it's only a movie."

And I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed.

Any man don't wanna get killed better clear on out the back.

“Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?” 

As for me, I like being behind the camera 

instead of in front of it. 

I can wear what I want. 

Will I act again? 

I never say never. 

I like doing things where I can stretch 

and go in different directions. 

I'm not looking to take it easy. 

Like the Marines on Iwo Jima, 

I understand that if you really want something, 

you have to be ready to fight.

"As you get older, 

you're not afraid of doubt. 

Doubt isn't running the show. 

You take out all the self-agonizing."

At the studios, 

everybody's into sequels 

or remakes or adaptations of old TV shows. 

I don't know if it's because of the corporate environment 

or they're just out of ideas. 

Pretty soon, they're going to be wanting to do one of "Rawhide".

At this particular time in my life, 

I'm not doing anything as a moneymaker. 

It's like I'm pushing the envelope the other way 

to see how far we can go to be noncommercial. 

But I'm definitely not going for the demographics of 13- to 15-year-olds. 

I didn't know if "Mystic River" would go over at all. 

I had a hard time getting it financed, 

to tell you the truth. 

But I just told Warners the same thing I did with "Million Dollar Baby": 

"I don't know if this is going to make any money. 

But, I think I can make a picture that you'd be proud to have in your library.

Bout time this town had a new sheriff.

"Clock's ticking, Bob. And I'm only getting older."

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. 

That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment 

because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

“Do ya' feel lucky, punk?” 

"Don’t just do something, stand there."

Even people on the liberal side are starting to worry about going off a fiscal cliff.

Ever notice how you come across 

somebody once in a while 

you shouldn't have messed with? That's me.

Every movie I make teaches me something, 

and that's why I keep making them. 

I'm at that stage of life when I could 

probably stop and just hit golf balls. 

But in filming these two movies about Iwo Jima, 

I learnt about war and about character. 

I also learnt a lot about myself.

"Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. 

I don't move fast, but I just keep moving."

"Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid."

American Indian Quotes [Part 3]

Make my enemy brave and strong, 

so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed. 

Plains Indians

Man has responsibility, not power. 

Tuscarora

Man's law changes with his understanding of man. 

Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same. 

Crow

Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.

Lakota

Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves. 

Assiniboine

No river can return to its source, 

yet all rivers must have a beginning. 

Tribe Unknown

Not every sweet root gives birth to sweet grass. 

Tribe Unknown

Old age is not as honorable as death, 

but most people want it. 

Crow

One finger cannot lift a pebble. 

Hopi

One rain does not make a crop. 

Creole

Our first teacher is our own heart. 

Cheyenne

Poverty is a noose that strangles humility 

and breeds disrespect for God and man. 

Siou

Regard Heaven as your father, 

Earth as your Mother 

and all things as your 

Brothers and Sisters.  

Tribe Unknown

Remember that your children are not your own, 

but are lent to you by the Creator.  

Mohawk

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. 

Knowledge is of the past, 

Wisdom is of the future. 

Lumbee

Sharing and giving are the ways of God. 

Sauk

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, 

and I may not remember. 

Involve me, and I'll understand. 

Tribe Unknown

Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.

Arapaho

The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry. 

Omaha

The coward shoots with shut eyes. 

Oklahoma

The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives. 

Sioux

The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. 

It is the dust and blood of our ancestors.! 

Chief Plenty Coups, Crow (1848 - 1932) 

The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs. 

Southwest

The one who tells the stories rules the world. 

Hopi

The rain falls on the just and the unjust. 

Hopi

Oscar Wilde Quotes [Part 2]

“All women become like their mothers. 

That is their tragedy. 

No man does, and that is his.”

“Always forgive your enemies; 

nothing annoys them so much.”

"Ambition is the last refuge of failure."

"America had often been discovered before Columbus, 

but it had always been hushed up."

"America is the only country that went from barbarism

 to decadence without civilization in between."

"An acquaintance that begins with a compliment

 is sure to develop into a real friendship."

"An ordinary man away from home giving advice."

"And the wild regrets, 

and the bloody sweats, 

none knew so well as I: 

for he who lives more lives than one 

more deaths than one must die."

"Anybody can be good in the country. 

There are no temptations there."

"Anybody can make history. 

Only a great man can write it."

“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, 

but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.”

"Anybody can write a three-volume novel. 

It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature."

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

"Arguments are to be avoided; 
they are always vulgar and often convincing."

"Art is not to be taught in Academies. 

It is what one looks at, 

not what one listens to, 

that makes the artist. 

The real schools should be the streets"

"Art, like Nature, has her monsters, 
things of bestial shape and with hideous voices"

"As a wicked man I am a complete failure. 

Why, there are lots of people who say 

I have never really done anything wrong 
in the whole course of my life. 
Of course they only say it behind my back."

"As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, 

but it is finer to take than to beg."

"As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, 

of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. 

They have made private terms with the enemy, 

and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. 

They must also be extraordinarily stupid."

"As long as a woman can look ten years 

younger than her own daughter, 

she is perfectly satisfied."

"As long as war is regarded as wicked, 

it will always have it's fascination. 

When it is looked upon as vulgar, 

it will cease to be popular."

"As one knows the poet by his fine music, 

so one can recognize the liar 
by his rich rhythmic utterance, 

and in neither case will the casual inspiration
 of the moment suffice. 

Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection."

"At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, 

though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets."

"Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all."

"Bad artists always admire each other's work. 

They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. 

But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, 

or beauty fashioned, under any conditions 

other than those he has selected."

Irish Blessings [Part 5]

May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rains fall soft upon your fields.

May the roof above us never fall in. 

And may the friends gathered below it never fall out.  

May the saddest day of your future be no worse 

Than the happiest day of your past. 

May the saint protect ye-

An' sorrow neglect ye, 

An' bad luck to the one

That doesn't respect ye

t' all that belong to ye, 

An long life t' yer honor-

That's the end of my song t' ye

May the ships at sea never be bottoms up.

May the sound of happy music 

And the lilt of Irish laughter 

Fill your heart with gladness 

That stays forever after.

May the strength of God pilot us, 

may the wisdom of God instruct us, 

may the hand of God protect us, 

may the word of God direct us. 

Be always ours this day and for evermore.

May the strength of three be in your journey.

May the sun shine, all day long, 

everything go right, and nothing wrong. 

May those you love bring love back to you, 

and may all the wishes you wish come true!

May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.

May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.

May the winds of fortune sail you, 

May you sail a gentle sea. 

May it always be the other guy 

who says, "this drink's on me."

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun. 

And find your shoulder to light on.

To bring you luck, happiness and riches. 

Today, tomorrow and beyond. 

May there be a fox on your fishing hook 

And a hare on your bait 

And may you kill no fish 

Until St. Brigid's Day.

May there be a generation of children 

On the children of your children. 

May those who love us love us.

And those that don't love us,

May God turn their hearts.

And if He doesn't turn their hearts,

May he turn their ankles,

So we?ll know them by their limping.

May three deaths be taken from me!

May three ages be given to me!

May seven waves of fortune be granted to me!

May we get what we want, 

May we get what we need, 

But may we never get what we deserve.

May we live in peace without weeping.

May our joy outline 

the lives we touch without ceasing.

And may our love fill the world, 

angel wings tenderly beating.

May you...

Work like you don't need the money,

Love like you've never been hurt,

Dance like no-one is watching,

Screw like it's being filmed,

And drink like a true Irishman.

May you always 

have a clean shirt, 

a clear conscience, 

 and enough coins 

in your pocket  to buy a pint.

May you always have a friend 

that is worth that name.

May you always have walls for the winds

A roof for the rain, tea beside the fire

Laughter to cheer you, those you love near you

And all your heart might desire

May you always have work for your hands to do. 

May your pockets hold always a coin or two.

May you always have work for your hands to do. 

May your pockets hold always a coin or two. 

May the sun shine bright on your windowpane. 

May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain. 

May the hand of a friend always be near you. 

And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

May you always walk in sunshine. 

May you never want for more. 

May Irish angels rest their wings 

right beside your door.

American Indian Quotes [Part 2]

Each person is his own judge.

Shawnee

Even a small mouse has anger.

 Tribe Unknown

"Every animal knows more than you do." 

Nez Perce

"Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something." 

Maricopa

Everything the power does, it does in a circle. 

Lakota

Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance. 

Lakota

Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way." 

Native American saying

God gives us each a song. 

Ute

"He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone." 

Seneca

"How smooth must be the language of the whites, 

when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right." 

From Black Hawk, Sauk

"I am tired of fighting...

from where the sun now stands, 

I will fight no more." 

Chief Joseph

"If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove."  

Cheyenne

If a man is to do something more than human, he must have more than human powers. 

Tribe Unknown

"If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come." 

Arapaho

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. 

Minquass

In age, talk; in childhood, tears. 

Hopi

"Is it wrong for me to love my own? 

Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? 

Because I am Sioux? 

Because I was born where my father lived? 

Because I would die for my people and my country? 

God made me an Indian." 

Sitting Bull

It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. 

Apache

"It is easy to be brave from a distance." 

Omaha

"It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest." 

Anishinabe

It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace. - Shenandoah

It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.

Tribe Unknown

"Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way." 

Blackfoot

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf. 

Tribe Unknown

Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water. 

Tribe Unknown

Oscar Wilde Quotes [Part 1]

"A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. 

It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. 

What more can one want?"

“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”

"A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, 

and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."

“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”

"A kiss may ruin a human life."

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."

"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

"A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

"A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him."

"A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain."

“A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.”

"A man's very highest moment is, 

I have no doubt at all, 

when he kneels in the dust, 

and beats his breast, 

and tells all the sins of his life."

"A map of the world that does not include Utopia 

is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country 

at which Humanity is always landing."

"A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other people's toes."

"A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both."

"A poet can survive anything but a misprint."

"A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have 

the luxury of an emotion without paying for it."

“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”

"A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude."

"Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. 

It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art."

"Action is the last resource of those who know not how to dream."

"Alas, I am dying beyond my means."

"All art is quite useless"

"All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction."

"All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death."

Irish Blessings [Part 5]

May the face of every good news 

And the back of every bad news 

Be toward us.

May the friendships you make, 

Be those which endure,

And all of your grey clouds 

Be small ones for sure.

And trusting in Him 

To Whom we all pray,

May a song fill your heart, 

Every step of the way.

May the frost never afflict your spuds. 

May the outside leaves of your cabbage 

always be free from worms.  

May the crow never pick your haystack, 

and may your donkey always be in foal.

May the God of the misty dawn waken you,

May the God of the rising sun stir you up,

May the God of morning sky send you on your way,

May the God of noonday stillness renew your strength,

May the God of afternoon bring you home,

May the God of sunset delight your eye,

May the God of twilight calm your nerves,

And the God of dusk bring you peace.

And may God bless you:

The Rising and the Setting Sun,

The Alpha and the Omega,

The Beginning and the End,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

May the Good Lord 

take a liking to you, 

... but not too soon! 

May the good saints protect you, 

And bless you today. A

nd may troubles ignore you, 

Each step of the way.

May the Good Shepherd protect you in

Ups and downs,

Ins and outs,

Bounds and rebounds,

Highs and lows,

Comings and goings,

Heat and cold,

Darkness and light,

Joy and sorrow,

Good times and bad times,

Daytimes and nighttimes,

Short times and long times,

Old times and new times;

May He be with you

At home and abroad,

On the road and at rest,

In storm and flood,

In drought and desert,

In peace and conflict,

In doubt and assurance,

In sickness and health,

In pain and triumph.

May the Good Shepherd walk

with you always

Until it is time to return home,

And may God bless you, 

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

May the grace of God's protection 

And His great love abide 

Within your home-within the hearts 

Of all who dwell inside.

May the grass grow long on the road 

to hell for want of use.

May the hand of a friend 

always be near you.

And may God fill your heart 

with gladness to cheer you.

May the hinges of our friendship 

never grow rusty. 

May the Irish hills caress you. 

May her lakes and rivers bless you. 

May the luck of the Irish enfold you. 

May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

May the joys of today 

Be those of tomorrow. 

The goblets of life 

Hold no dregs of sorrow. 

May the leprechauns be near you, 

To spread luck along your way. 

And may all the Irish angels,

Smile upon you St. Patrick's Day.

May the light of heaven shine on your grave.

May the lilt of Irish laughter 

lighten every load. 

May the mist of Irish magic 

shorten every road... 

And may all your friends remember 

all the favours you are owed.

May the Lord keep you in His hand 

And never close His fist too tight.

May the love and protection 

Saint Patrick can give, 

Be yours in abundance 

as long as you live! 

May the luck of the Irish 

lead to happiest heights 

And the highway you travel 

be lined with green lights. 

May the morning sun stir you out of bed,

May the winter winds move you on the road,

May the rains of March renew your strength,

May the flowers of spring captivate your sight,

May summer heat inflame your zeal,

May autumn color stimulate your dreams,

May the silver moon make you wiser yet,

May you never be with yourself content,

May Jesus and Mary keep you young,

Full of life and laughter and love.

And may the God of challenge and adventure

Bless you and keep you always,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

May the most you wish for 

Be the least you get. 

May the nourishment of the earth be yours,

May the clarity of light be yours,

May the fluency of the ocean be yours,

May the protection of the ancestors be yours.

May the raindrops fall lightly on your brow.

May the soft winds freshen your spirit.

May the sunshine brighten your heart

May the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you.

And may God enfold you in the mantle of His love.

May the road rise to meet you, 
May the wind be always at your back, 
May the sun shine warm upon your face, 
The rains fall soft upon your fields and, 
Until we meet again, 
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

May the rocks in your field turn to gold.

May the ships at sea never be bottoms up.

American Indian Quotes [Part 1]

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

Cheyenne

"A good chief gives, he does not take."

 Mohawk

A good soldier is a poor scout. 

Cheyenne

A hungry stomach makes a short prayer. 

Paiute

A man must make his own arrows. 

Winnebago

"A man or woman with many children has many homes.

Lakota Siou 

A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass.

Sioux

A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick ax.

Navajo

A starving man will eat with the wolf. 

Oklahoma

After dark all cats are leopards. 

Zuni

"All dreams spin out from the same web.

Hopi

All plants are our brothers and sisters. 

They talk to us and if we listen, 

we can hear them. 

Arapaho

"All who have died are equal."

Comanche

Ask questions from you heart 

and you will be answered from the heart.

Omaha

Before eating, always take time to thank the food. 

Arapaho

"Beware of the man who does not talk, 

and the dog that does not bark." 

Cheyenne

Certain things catch your eye, 

But pursue only those that capture your heart. 

old indian saying

Cherish youth, but trust old age. 

Pueblo

"Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry." 

Navajo

Day and night cannot dwell together. 

Duwamish

"Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins." 

Cheyenne

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself. 

Pima

Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts. 

Hopi

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. 

Cherokee

Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 

Arapaho