Inspiring Birthday Quotes to Celebrate Life and Joy

"Your birthday is the beginning of your own personal new year. Your first birthday was a beginning, and each new birthday is a chance to begin again, to start over, to take a new grip on life."

- Wilfred Peterson

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

- Oprah Winfrey

"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

"I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over."

- Kristin Armstrong

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

- George Meredith

"Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!"

- Dr. Seuss

"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice."

- Cherokee proverb

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

- Emily Dickinson

"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think."

- A.A. Milne

"All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them."

- Walt Disney

"My life is better with every year of living it."

- Rachel Maddow

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."

- Albert Einstein

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well-lived."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you."

- A. A. Milne

"May you live every day of your life."

- Jonathan Swift

"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be."

- Robert Browning

"Our hope this year, for you, my dear, is a year of happiness and joy. May the coming year bring all you dream of and more!"

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Having a birthday is like reaching a higher peak on a mountain. Pause to admire the view; reflect on how far you have come."

- Richelle E. Goodrich

"You only live once, but if you do it right once is enough."

- Mae West

"There are two great days in a person's life – the day we are born and the day we discover why."

- William Barclay

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

- Madeleine L'Engle

"Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be."

- Lauren Hutton

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

- Shirley Bassey

"The way I see it, you should live everyday like its your birthday."

- Paris Hilton

"Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star,' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom."

- Rene Russo

"If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being?"

- Joy Page

"A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy."

- Abhishek Bachchan

"There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why."

- William Barclay

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

- Amit Kalantri

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

- Audrey Hepburn

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

- Prince

"Where there is love there is life."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"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

"Youth has no age."

- Pablo Picasso

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

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"It takes a long time to grow young."

- Pablo Picasso

"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

"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

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

- Sanhita Baruah

"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

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

- Billy Mills

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

- Aretha Franklin

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

- Paris Hilton

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

- George Meredith

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

- Dr. Seuss

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

- John Lennon

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

- Shirley Bassey

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

- Osho

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

- The Beatles, "The End"

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

- William Shakespeare

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

- Bernard Baruch

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

- Oscar Wilde

"The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all."

- Walt Disney Company

"Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young."

- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be."

- May Sarton

"I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow."

- Cher

"And though she be but little, she is fierce."

- Shakespeare

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched… they must be felt with the heart."

- Helen Keller

"Let your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goal."

- Tim Cook

"To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world."

- Dr. Seuss

"We should celebrate every year that we made it through and every year that we're happier and healthier."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness."

- Brad Garrett

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

- Emily Brontë

"If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."

- Bruce Barton

"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

"A man's daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world."

- Mat Johnson

"Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age."

- C.E.M. Joad

"Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality."

- Emily Dickinson

"Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans."

- Allen Saunders

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

- George Harrison

"Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."

- Brigitte Bardot

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers."

- Rudyard Kipling

"Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter."

- Satchel Paige

"The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother."

- St. Therese of Lisieux

"If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there."

- George Harrison

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

- Carl Rogers

"Celebrate life in a cheerful mood."

- Lailah Gifty Akita

"A mother is the one who fills your heart in the first place."

- Amy Tan

"Behind all your stories is your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins."

- Mitch Albom

"It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?"

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother."

- Sara Josepha Hale

"Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can."

- Nicholas Sparks

"Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read."

- Cassandra Clare

"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

- Jesse Jackson

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

- John Lennon

"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

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

- Virginia Woolf

"You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die."

- Shakespeare in Love (1998)

"I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once in a lifetime love."

- The Vow (2012)

"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

"Age is a limit we impose upon ourselves."

- Robert Riskin

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

- William Butler Yeats

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

- Lucille Ball

"Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories"

- Ronald Reagan

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

- Edward Morykwas

"Each ten years of a man's life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, and its own desires."

- Goethe

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

- Robert Frost

"I believe in loyalty. When a woman reaches an age she likes, she should stick with it."

- Eva Gabor

"As you wish."

- The Princess Bride

"You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.'"

- Jerry Seinfeld

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

- Groucho Marx

"I intended to live forever. So far, so good."

- Steven Wright

"Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them."

- Anna Magnani

"Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty."

- Robert Frost

"Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid."

- Langston Hughes

"Love the giver more than the gift."

- Brigham Young

"She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings."

- Ariana Dancu

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."

- Laurence Binyon

"Go, go, go, go; go, go, go, shawty. It's your birthday. We gon' party like it's yo birthday."

- 50 Cent

"Inside every older person is a younger person—wondering what the hell happened."

- Jennifer Yane

"It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen."

- Brigitte Bardot

"No wise man ever wished to be younger."

- Jonathan Swift

"Live long and prosper."

- Mr. Spock

"Happy Birthday to you, we hope that all year you never feel blue. Now that you are fifty-five, we hope that you will survive."

- Marcia Goldlist

"That's the funny thing about birthdays: they're kind of an annual thing."

- Rapunzel, Tangled (2010)

"The best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once."

- E. Joseph Cossman

"Life seems to fade our memory, so on this birthday I will forget yours if you forget mine!"

- Kate Summers

"Grandchildren are the greatest gifts your heart will ever know."

- Proud Happy Mama

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

- Sir Norman Wisdom

"There is still no cure for the common birthday."

- John Glenn

"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest."

- Larry Lorenzoni

"You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred."

- Woody Allen

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

- Plautus

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

- Thomas Moore

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

- Dylan Thomas

"The first hundred years are the hardest."

- Wilson Mizner

"I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don't have to respect anybody."

- George Burns

"May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live."

"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."

"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."

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

"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!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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!"

"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."

"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!"

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

"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."

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

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

"You look younger than ever! 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!"

"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."

"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!"

"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!"

"Happy birthday to someone who is forever young!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The day is all yours — have fun!"

"Have the best birthday ever!"

"Enjoy your special day."

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

"You are loved for the little boy you were, the special man you are now, and the wonderful son you will always be."

- Unknown

"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!"

"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."

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

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

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

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

"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!"

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