A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen.
John O'Donohue

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

I try to be grateful for the abundance of the blessings that I have, for the journey that I'm on and to relish each day as a gift.
James McGreevey

I was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.
Anne Enright

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
Shane Leslie

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
William Butler Yeats