The Obelisk is inscribed on all four faces.

FRONT FACE:

Nothing is impossible to the man who can, will, then do. This is the only law of success.

This monument was erected by Prince Michael the First as a symbol to all children that by hard work, perseverance, their dreams and ambitions may also be realised.

BACK:

No man is free who does not set freedom above all else.

LEFT SIDE:

No state can be justified in encroachment on the God given rights of these Saltee Islands.

RIGHT SIDE:

Let my successors guard and protect these Saltee Islands as a father would his children.