Inspirational Happy Birthday Quotes to Brighten Your Special Day

"Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new."

- Billy Mills

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."

- Oprah Winfrey

"You don’t get older, you get better."

- Shirley Bassey

"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is you-er than you."

- Dr. Seuss

"It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Don’t just count your years, make your years count."

- George Meredith

"Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift."

- Aretha Franklin

"They say it’s your birthday / We’re gonna have a good time / I’m glad it’s your birthday / Happy birthday to you."

- The Beatles

"The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been."

- Madeleine L'Engle

"I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind / That I put down in words / How wonderful life is / While you’re in the world."

- Elton John

"Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years."

- Ausonius

"The way I see it, you should live every day like it's your birthday."

- Paris Hilton

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears."

- John Lennon

"When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you’ll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time."

- Rick Warren

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"Mostly, what I have learned so far about aging, despite the creakiness of one’s bones and cragginess of one’s once-silken skin, is this: Do it. By all means, do it."

- Maya Angelou

"A birthdate is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life."

- Amit Kalantri

"We turn not older with years, but newer every day."

- Emily Dickinson

"Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are."

- Muhammad Ali

"The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life."

- Oscar Wilde

"We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves."

- Bernard Baruch

"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is the work of art."

- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm."

- Sam Levenson

"The day you’re born is not the day you grow, it’s the day you evolve. The revolution is up to you."

- Goitsemang Mvula

"The first fact about the celebration of a birthday is that it is a way of affirming defiantly, and even flamboyantly, that it is a good thing to be alive."

- G. K. Chesterton

"I love to think that the day you’re born, you’re given the world as your birthday present."

- Leo Buscaglia

"A person’s birthday should be a special day, a wonderful day, a day of pure celebration for the luck of being born!"

- Elise Broach

"Believing, hear, what you deserve to hear: / Your birthday as my own to me is dear / But yours gives most; for mine did only lend / Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend."

- Martial

"Most of us can remember a time when a birthday — especially if it was one’s own — brightened the world as if a second sun had risen."

- Robert Wilson Lynd

"You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day."

- Bruce Lee

"If you’re blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there’s so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace."

- Oprah Winfrey

"We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting into later years; the older we become, the more our true natures emerge."

- James Hillman

"Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves."

- Robert Riskin

"Be not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

- William Shakespeare

"I don’t believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism."

- Virginia Woolf

"Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated."

- Osho

"From our birthday, until we die, / Is but the winking of an eye."

- William Butler Yeats

"If life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness."

- Aberjhani

"Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so."

- Tryon Edwards

"There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know."

- Lewis Carroll

"Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?"

- Prince

"Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same."

- Audrey Hepburn

"Every day is a gift. But some days are packaged better."

- Sanhita Baruah

"It takes a long time to grow young."

- Pablo Picasso

"Each 10 years of a man’s life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"My birthday began with the water — birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name."

- Dylan Thomas

"I like birthday cake. It’s so symbolic. It’s a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just ‘Happy birthday!’ because it’s this emblem of childhood and a happy day."

- Aimee Bender

"As I approach my 90th birthday, my friends are asking how it feels like, to have completed 90 orbits around the sun. Well, I actually don’t feel a day older than 89!"

- Arthur C. Clarke

"My Birthday! what a different sound / That word had in my youthful ears."

- Thomas Moore

"Youth has no age."

- Pablo Picasso

"You’ve logged so many miles in the voyage of life that you’ve been upgraded to first class!"

- Evelyn Loeb

"Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research."

- Carl Rogers

"Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself."

- Tom Wilson

"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age."

- Robert Frost

"But after all, what are birthdays? Here today and gone tomorrow."

- Eeyore, A. A. Milne

"Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words."

- Plautus

"To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."

- Bernard Baruch

"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."

- Lucille Ball

"It’s the nicest birthday I’ve ever had. You’ve made a happy man very old."

- Morrissey

"I have a terrible time remembering exactly when my birthday is. Age is totally boring."

- Diana Vreeland

"Birthdays are a great time to stop and appreciate gravity. Sure, it makes things sag as you get older, but it also keeps your cake from flying all over the room, so you don’t have to chase it."

- Greg Tamblyn

"All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much."

- George Harrison

"Eventually you reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it."

- Will Rogers

"You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."

- Bob Hope

"I know my wife won’t tell her right age. Last week was the anniversary of her birthday; she was twenty-six for the twelfth time. No wonder everybody says she holds her age well."

- Joe Laurie, Jr.

"I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Although it is generally known, I think it’s about time to announce that I was born at a very early age."

- Groucho Marx

"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."

- Mark Twain

"Lincoln was known to have walked miles to borrow books, to get the most rudimentary form of education. So what do we do on his birthday? We close the schools!"

- Robert Orben

"What a childhood I had. Once on my birthday my ol’ man gave me a bat. The first day I played with it, it flew away."

- Rodney Dangerfield

"Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time."

- Douglas Coupland

"Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years. Happy birthday!"

- John Lennon

"To quote Shakespeare: ‘Party thine ass off!’"

"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional."

"Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake."

"Best wishes on your birthday – may you have many, many more."

"Cheers to you for another trip around the sun!"

"Today is about you. I can’t wait to celebrate you all day long!"

"Happy birthday! Here’s to more life, love, and adventures with you to come!"

"May this birthday mark the beginning of a new chapter filled with endless possibilities and dreams coming true."

"Wishing you the courage to chase your dreams and the strength to achieve them. Happy birthday."

"May you embrace the journey ahead with hope and determination, knowing that greatness is within you. I wish you all the best on your birthday and in the year ahead!"

"Happy birthday! Your potential knows no limits—let this year be a testament to all you can achieve."

"Celebrate the incredible person you are and the even more amazing person you’re becoming. Happy birthday!"

"May your birthday be a reminder that the best is yet to come and that your future is as bright as your spirit."

"You have the power to turn every challenge into an opportunity and every dream into reality. Wishing you a very happy birthday!"

"Life is a beautiful adventure, and today is the perfect day to celebrate how far you’ve come and how far you can go. Here’s to you on your birthday!"

"Believe in yourself and all that you are because you are capable of amazing things. Sending you warm birthday wishes on your special day."

"Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you."

"Every year is a new opportunity to grow, learn, and create the life you envision. Make this year your best one yet."

"Happy birthday! I hope all your birthday wishes and dreams come true."

"A wish for you on your birthday, whatever you ask may you receive, whatever you seek may you find, whatever you wish may it be fulfilled on your birthday and always. Happy birthday!"

"Another adventure filled year awaits you. Welcome it by celebrating your birthday with pomp and splendor. Wishing you a very happy and fun-filled birthday!"

"May the joy that you have spread in the past come back to you on this day. Wishing you a very happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday! Your life is just about to pick up speed and blast off into the stratosphere. Wear a seat belt and be sure to enjoy the journey. Happy birthday!"

"This birthday, I wish you abundant happiness and love. May all your dreams turn into reality and may lady luck visit your home today. Happy birthday to one of the sweetest people I’ve ever known."

"May you be gifted with life’s biggest joys and never-ending bliss. After all, you yourself are a gift to earth, so you deserve the best. Happy birthday."

"Count not the candles…see the lights they give. Count not the years, but the life you live. Wishing you a wonderful time ahead. Happy birthday."

"Forget the past; look forward to the future, for the best things are yet to come."

"Birthdays are a new start, a fresh beginning and a time to pursue new endeavors with new goals. Move forward with confidence and courage. You are a very special person. May today and all of your days be amazing!"

"Your birthday is the first day of another 365-day journey. Be the shining thread in the beautiful tapestry of the world to make this year the best ever. Enjoy the ride."

"Be happy! Today is the day you were brought into this world to be a blessing and inspiration to the people around you! You are a wonderful person! May you be given more birthdays to fulfill all of your dreams!"

"Happy birthday! May your Facebook wall be filled with messages from people you never talk to."

"You’re older today than yesterday but younger than tomorrow, happy birthday!"

"Forget about the past, you can’t change it. Forget about the future, you can’t predict it. And forget about the present, I didn’t get you one. Happy birthday!"

"Cheers on your birthday. One step closer to adult underpants."

"Happy birthday to one of the few people whose birthday I can remember without a Facebook reminder."

"Happy Birthday! You know, you don’t look that old. But then, you don’t look that young, either."

"Happy birthday to someone who is smart, gorgeous, funny and reminds me a lot of myself… from one fabulous chick to another!"

"Don’t get all weird about getting older! Our age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying us!"

"As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two. Happy birthday!"

"You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. Happy birthday!"

"On your birthday, I thought of giving you the cutest gift in the world. But then I realized that is not possible because you yourself are the cutest gift in the world."

"Happy birthday to someone who is forever young!"

"It’s birthday time again, and wow! You’re a whole year older now! So clown around and have some fun to make this birthday your best one. Happy birthday!"

"Just wanted to be the first one to wish you happy birthday so I can feel superior to your other well-wishers. So, happy birthday!"

"Congratulations on being even more experienced. I’m not sure what you learned this year, but every experience transforms us into the people we are today. Happy birthday!"

"When the little kids ask how old you are at your party, you should go ahead and tell them. While they’re distracted trying to count that high, you can steal a bite of their cake! Happy birthday!"

"Wishing you a day filled with happiness and a year filled with joy. Happy birthday!"

"Sending you smiles for every moment of your special day…Have a wonderful time and a very happy birthday!"

"Hope your special day brings you all that your heart desires! Here’s wishing you a day full of pleasant surprises! Happy birthday!"

"On your birthday we wish for you that whatever you want most in life it comes to you just the way you imagined it or better. Happy birthday!"

"Sending your way a bouquet of happiness…To wish you a very happy birthday!"

"Wishing you a beautiful day with good health and happiness forever. Happy birthday!"

"It’s a smile from me… To wish you a day that brings the same kind of happiness and joy that you bring to me. Happy birthday!"

"On this wonderful day, I wish you the best that life has to offer! Happy birthday!"

"I may not be by your side celebrating your special day with you, but I want you to know that I’m thinking of you and wishing you a wonderful birthday."

"I wish for all of your wishes to come true. Happy birthday!"

"Many years ago on this day, God decided to send an angel to earth. The angel was meant to touch lives and that happened! Happy birthday my sweet angel!"

"Sending you a birthday wish wrapped with all my love. Have a very happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday to you. From good friends and true, from old friends and new, may good luck go with you and happiness too!"

"A simple celebration, a gathering of friends; here wishing you great happiness and a joy that never ends."

"It’s always a treat to wish happy birthday to someone so sweet."

"Happy birthday to one of my best friends. Here’s to another year of laughing at our own jokes and keeping each other sane! Love you and happy birthday!"

"On this special day, I raise a toast to you and your life. Happy birthday."

"You look younger than ever! Happy birthday!"

"Words alone are not enough to express how happy I am you are celebrating another year of your life! My wish for you on your birthday is that you are, and will always be, happy and healthy. Don’t ever change! Happy birthday my dear."

"I can’t believe how lucky I am to have found a friend like you. You make every day of my life so special. It’s my goal to make sure your birthday is one of the most special days ever. I can’t wait to celebrate with you!"

"A friend like you is more priceless than the most beautiful diamond. You are not only strong and wise, but kind and thoughtful as well. Your birthday is the perfect opportunity to show you how much I care and how grateful I am to have you in my life. Happy birthday!"

"I hope that today, at your party, you dance and others sing as you celebrate with joy your best birthday."

"Hope your birthday is just like you…totally freaking awesome."

"Wishing you a birthday that’s just as wonderful as you are!"

"Everybody has birthdays. You just wear yours better than most!"

"You were born, and the world became a better place."

"You’re not older – you’re just more distinguished."

"I am blessed to have a buddy like you. Happy birthday, dear friend. May your special day be loaded with happiness and love."

"Today is your day, live it like you are the king of the world and don’t mind what others say, this day is just for you! Happy birthday."

"Best wishes on your birthday! May you have maximum fun today, and minimum hangover tomorrow!"

"Just like a fine wine, you seem to get better with age. Happy birthday, handsome guy!"

"Hey Birthday Boy! I’m sending you this ironic birthday wish because I know you’re way too cool for ordinary human sentiments."

"Sending some love to the most charming man in my life. You always bring the best out of me. I do not know how you do it, but I love you for that. Happy Birthday."

"Happy Birthday to a great guy! You do so much for others. I hope you can take some time for yourself on your big day. You deserve it as much as anyone, and more than most."

"Hope all your birthday wishes come true!"

"It’s your special day — get out there and celebrate!"

"Wishing you the biggest slice of happy today."

"I hope your celebration gives you many happy memories!"

"Our age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying us!"

"Enjoy your special day."

"Have the best birthday ever!"

"Wherever the year ahead takes you, I hope it’s happy."

"The day is all yours — have fun!"

"Happy birthday to my ride or die. Love you bunches!"

"Thinking of you on your birthday and wishing you everything happy."

"Happy Birthday to one of the best people I know! Wishing you a year filled with love, laughter and endless joy."

"Cheers to another year! May your birthday be as amazing as you are."

"On your special day, I hope all your wishes come true. Happy Birthday!"

"Happy Birthday! Remember, you’re not getting older; you’re just becoming a classic!"

"You’re not 40; you’re 18 with 22 years of experience! Happy Birthday, my forever young friend."

"Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you. Here’s to many more!"

"Happy Birthday to the person who has been with me through thick and thin. I’m so grateful for your friendship, and I look forward to many more memories together."

"On your special day, I want you to know how much you mean to me. You’re not just a friend; you’re family. Happy Birthday!"

"Wishing you a birthday filled with love, laughter and all the things that make you happy. Thank you for being the incredible friend that you are."

"Happy Birthday! May this year bring you closer to all your dreams and aspirations. You have the strength and determination to achieve anything you set your mind to do."

"Wishing you a year of growth, happiness and success. Remember, the best is yet to come!"

"On your birthday, I want to remind you that you’re capable of amazing things. Here’s to another year of pursuing your passions and living life to the fullest."

"Even though we’re miles apart, I’m celebrating your special day in spirit. Happy Birthday, my dear friend! Can’t wait until we can celebrate together."

"Distance may separate us, but it could never diminish our friendship. Wishing you a wonderful birthday filled with all the love and happiness you deserve."

"On your birthday, I’m sending you all my love from afar. I miss you and can’t wait until we’re reunited. Happy Birthday!"