Sending happy birthday quotes to a friend or family member is what's on every persons mind when they know there is a birthday coming up.
But what to say is always the toughest part. Below you will find birthday quotes that were written by real people for real people.
You may also want to share one of our birthday poems.
The best birthdays of all are those that haven't arrived yet.
Author Unknown
Just like fine wine, you grow better with the years!
Author Unknown
- Birthday Wishes
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Jack Benny
- Turning 40 Poems
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.
Author Unknown - Poems About Age
I have no Yesterdays, Time took them away; Tomorrow may not be – But I have Today.
Pearl Yeadon McGinnis
- Poems About Today
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to
be, the last of life, for which the first was made.
Robert Browning
Seventy years of life, a journey well-trod, a testament to the love you've shared and the memories you've made.
C. A. Lynch
- 70th Birthday Poems
Welcome to the age where 'getting lucky' means finding your car keys on the first try. May your memory be as reliable as your favorite playlist on repeat!
Have a happy birthday!
- Funny 50th Birthday Poems
Old age is like everything else. To make a
success of it, you've got to start young.
Fred Astaire
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and
sweet words.
Plautus
- 40th Birthday Wishes
Here's to the one who smiles,
When life rolls along like a song.
And here's to the one who can smile,
When everything is going dead wrong.
Author Unknown
Life is like a rollercoaster ride as we age, it feels like time flies by. Birthdays come and go at lightning speed but let's not fret, there's still hope indeed.
C. A. Lynch, As We Age
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Funny Poems
A day, a precious day, you hold in your hands, a gift of time, slipping through the hourglass sands.
C. A. Lynch, You Hold In Your Hands
- Time Poems
Your birthday is a special time to celebrate the gift of you to the world.
Author Unknown
- 75th Birthday Poems
Every time I celebrate your birthday, I thank God for giving me a child like you
and a model to the world!
Arish Babe
- Christian Poems
You think you're old well let me say you don't look your age in any way.
Samatha C. Ringle, Be Thankful
- Poems About Getting Older
Happy Birthday to you, Grandma so dear - we’re celebrating today your special year
C. A. Lynch, This Is Your Day
Birthday Poems For Grandma
A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.
Author Unknown
- Birthday Poems for Daughter
Just live each day and remember this - no matter the age your at I will always have your back! Happy Birthday.
Samatha C. Ringle, Rolled On By
- Funny Birthday Poems For Sister
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
Author Unknown
Real birthdays are not annual affairs. Real birthdays are the days when we have a new birth.
Ralph Parlette
For all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common birthday.
Author Unknown
- Funny 40th Birthday Poems
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Bob Hope
- Milestone Birthday Poem
When your cake looks like a forest fire on
your birthday, it may be time to switch to the digit candles!
Julie Hebert -Funny 50th Birthday Sayings
In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it
might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.
Rowan D. Williams
- Age Quotes
If one day we are all to get old then let my experiences speak for themselves.
Julie Hebert
- Birthday Greeting Poems
What's another candle when you see how much
each year has given you!
Julie Hebert
- 40th Birthday Sayings
As you celebrate
your birthday, do not focus on the mistakes you have made! Everyone makes mistakes!
Arish Babe, Birthday Wishes
- Quotes About Celebrations
If wrinkles must be written upon our brows
let them not be written on the heart. The spirit should not grow old.
James Garfield
Funny 40th Birthday Sayings
& Quotes
Don't count your years, make your years count!
Ernest Myrers
- 30th Birthday Wishes
The old believe everything; the middle-aged
suspect everything; the young know everything.
Oscar Wilde
- Poems About Middle Age
Birthdays are a celebration of life, and worrying about getting older only takes away from the joy of the moment. Embrace the present and enjoy the ride.
Author Unknown
Happy birthday to my sister, who's not just a year older, but a year wiser... or so she thinks!
- Quotes About Getting Older
On your birthday,
I remember when you were just an idea, a dream, and an ambition that
drove everything!
Arish Babe, Birthday Wishes
The best way to remember your wife's birthday
is to forget it once.
H.V. Prochnow
Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.
Booth Tarkington
- 75th Birthday Wishes
Let all beings in all the worlds be happy. Include this universal prayer in your prayers every day. This is my birthday message to you.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
Sammy Hagar
Getting old is a fascination thing. The older
you get, the older you want to get.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Funny 80th Birthday Sayings
There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents...
and only one for birthday presents, you know.
Author Unknown
May you live to be a hundred and may the last
voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra
- 75th Birthday Sayings
Age is different than a wife only in one
respect. It nags you once a year!
Author Unknown
The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.
English Proverb
On your birthday,
I want you to remember and always keep in mind that the best of your life is yet to come!
Arish Babe
Sending happy birthday quotes is a long time custom and a traditional necessity.
Sam Dawn
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened.
Cora Harvey Armstrong
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey- Celebration Poems
Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own.
J.P. Sears
Every year that I get older I realize I know more about myself
now than I did a year ago. Getting older means, becoming the person
you are meant to be.
Julie Hebert
Instead of birthday
spankings nowadays, we allow children to beat the crap out of a pinata.
Julie Hebert
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Old age isn't so bad, when you consider the alternative
Maurice Chevalier
You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime.
John P. Grier
With each passing year, may the flame of wisdom burn brighter within you, turning your birthdays into milestones of knowledge and growth.
Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
Pope John XXIII
Youth is the time for the adventures of the body, but age for the triumphs of the mind.
Logan Pearsall Smith
Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger.
Julie Hebert
Just as stars light up the night sky, may your birthday illuminate your life with endless joy and unforgettable moments.
The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.
William M. Holden
Women mature as they age, men never seem
to mature. Every birthday is just another excuse to get the latest toy!
Julie Hebert