Blessings Quotes and Sayings

Blessings Quotes

May you get to Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead.  ~Irish Proverb

May you live all the days of your life.  ~Irish blessing, also attributed to Jonathan Swift

A sunbeam to warm you,

A moonbeam to charm you,

A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.

~Irish Blessing

May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer! or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after!  ~Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1749

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!

~Irish Blessing

May the devil chase you every day of your life and never catch you.  ~Irish Toast

May God grant you many years to live,

For sure He must be knowing

The earth has angels all too few

And Heaven is overflowing.

~Irish Blessing

May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it.  ~Irish Blessing

May those that 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 will know them by their limping.

~Irish Blessing

May you have warm words on a cool evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth road all the way to your door.  ~Irish Toast

May brooks and trees and singing hills

Join in the chorus too,

And every gentle wind that blows

Send happiness to you.

~Irish Blessing

May your thoughts be as glad as the shamrocks

May your heart be as light as a song

May each day bring you bright

Happy hours that stay with you all the year long.

~Irish Blessing

May you live to be a hundred years

With one extra year to repent.

~Author Unknown

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.  ~Joey Adams

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.

~Irish Blessing

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.

~Irish Blessing

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,

May good luck pursue you each morning and night.

~Irish Blessing

Let all thy joys be as the month of May,

And all thy days be as a marriage day.

~Francis Quarles

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!

~Author Unknown

May you live as long as you want,

And never want as long as you live.

~Irish Blessing

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.

May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.

May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.

And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

~Irish Blessing

Here's a sigh to those who love me,

And a smile to those who hate;

And, whatever sky's above me,

Here's a heart for every fate.

~George Gordon, Lord Byron, "To Thomas Moore"

To the lamp of love:  may it burn brightest in the darkest hours and never flicker in the winds of trial.  ~Author Unknown