99 Best Inspirational Birthday Quotes

Birthdays are special moments in our lives, filled with love, joy, and appreciation. They are also an opportunity to reflect on the past, appreciate the present, and look forward to the future. Inspirational birthday quotes are a great way to add meaning and depth to birthday wishes, making them more memorable and heartfelt. Whether you are sending a birthday message to a loved one, family member, or friend, a thoughtful and inspiring quote can uplift their spirits and make them feel cherished. This article will explore some of the best inspirational birthday quotes to help you celebrate the special people in your life.

  1. May the moments of today become fond memories for tomorrow. Happy Birthday” ~ Rob Jackson
  2. And all this just for you.. Have a Very Happy Birthday” ~ Janet Horne
  3. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” ~ Dr. Seuss
  4. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ~ Mark Twain
  5. “There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why.” ~ William Barclay
  6. “Happy birthday greetings and warmest wishes, too May today, tomorrow, every day Be truly happy for you.” ~ Margaret Brown
  7. “Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.” ~ Natasha Bedingfield
  8. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West
  9. “Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.” ~ Chili Davis , Birthday quotes growing old
  10. “The golden age is before us, not behind us.” ~ William Shakespeare
  11. “Sending you smiles for every moment of your special day…Have a wonderful time and a very happy birthday!” ~ Anonymous
  12. “The way I see it, you should live every day like it’s your birthday.” ~ Paris Hilton
  13. “God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.” ~ Voltaire
  14. “Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” ~ Franz Kafka
  15. “A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.” ~ Robert Frost
  16. “Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
  17. “Your birthday reminds me of the old Chinese scholar….. Yung No Mo” ~ Dana Rosemary Scallon
  18. “May you live all the days of your life.” ~ Jonathan Swift
  19. “You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” ~ Bob Hope
  20. At least you’re not as old as you will be next year. Happy birthday.
  21. “And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!” ~ Audrey Hepburn
  22. “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
  23. “And once again we wish you All joyous things and more. A day that’s filled with happiness And memories to store.” ~ Janet Horne
  24. “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” ~ George Burns
  25. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton
  26. “The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.” ~ Brian Tracy
  27. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey 
  28. “Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we’ll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.” ~ Richard Bach
  29. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
  30. “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
  31. “Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.” ~ Samuel Ullman
  32. “The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.” ~ Oscar Wilde
  33. “To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I ey’d, Such seems your beauty still.” ~ William Shakespeare
  34. “Old age is like everything else. To make it a success, you’ve got to start young.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
  35. Lucille Ball: “The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” 
  36. “I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing ‘Happy Birthday.’” ~ Steven Wright
  37. “Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” ~ Ernest Myers
  38. Mark Twain: “Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”
  39. “So mayst thou live, dear! many years, In all the bliss that life endears” ~ Thomas Hood
  40. Madeleine L’Engle: “The great thing about getting older is you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
  41. “In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” ~ Paul McCartney
  42. William Shakespeare: “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
  43. “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.” ~ Douglas Pagels
  44. Lucy Larcom: “Whatever with the past has gone, the best is always yet to come.” 
  45. “Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.” ~ Audrey Hepburn
  46. Charles Schulz: “Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.”
  47. “Those whom the gods love grow young.” ~ Oscar Wilde
  48. Brigitte Bardot: “Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.”
  49. “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” ~ William Shakespeare
  50. Ethel Barrymore: “You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.”
  51. “If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.” ~ Rudyard Kipling
  52. Bob Hope: “You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
  53. “Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.” ~ Tom Wilson
  54. A birthday is a day to reflect on the past year and set your goals for the coming year.
  55. Bernard Baruch: “We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.” 
  56. A birthday is the ushering in of a new year in your life. I wish you a year full of happiness and love.
  57. “Inside every older person is a younger person—wondering what the hell happened.” — Jennifer Yane
  58. A birthday is a journey through life. A day to start a new year with love and happiness, Happy birthday.
  59. “The older you get the better you get, unless you are a banana.“ – Betty White
  60. A birthday adds another experience in life. I send you my wishes and blessings. Happy birthday!
  61. “I was brought up to respect my elders, so now I don’t have to respect anybody.“ — George Burns
  62. “You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.” — Ogden Nash
  63. “A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.” — Robert Frost
  64. “Eventually you reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.“ — Will Rogers
  65. The celebration of love is a daily activity. May this day bring you the joy and love you seek. Happy Birthday.
  66. “If I’d known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” — Eubie Blake
  67. “I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.” — Phyllis Diller
  68. “Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.“ — Carl G. Jung
  69. “As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.” — Sir Norman Wisdom
  70. “Middle age is when you’re sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn’t for you.” — Ogden Nash
  71. “Looking fifty is great—if you’re sixty.” — Joan Rivers
  72. “Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning.“ — Bob Hope
  73. “Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.” — Herbert Asquith
  74. “Growing old is like being increasingly penalised for a crime you have not committed.“ – Anthony Powell
  75. “The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” — Lucille Ball
  76. “I believe in loyalty. When a woman reaches an age she likes, she should stick with it.” — Eva Gabor
  77. “Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.” — Charles Schultz
  78. “They tell you that you’ll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don’t tell you is that you won’t miss it very much.” — Malcolm Cowley
  79. “Put candles in a cake, it’s a birthday cake. Put candles in a pie, and somebody’s drunk in the kitchen.“ – Jim Gaffigan
  80. “I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I’m one year older, everyone else is too.“ — Gloria Swanson
  81. “Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.“ — Anna Magnani
  82. “Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.” — Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  83. “Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.“ — John Glenn
  84. “To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn’t wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.“ — Lionel Blue
  85. “Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.” — Tom Wilson
  86. “Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” — Jack Benny
  87. “When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.” — Mark Twain
  88. “The first hundred years are the hardest.“ — Wilson Mizner
  89. “Don’t regret another birthday, the good news is that you are alive and can celebrate it.” — Catherine Pulsifer
  90. “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
  91. “Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it.” — Golda Meir
  92. “Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.” — C.E.M. Joad
  93. “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?“ — Satchel Paige
  94. “Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.” — Maurice Chevalier
  95. “You’ve heard of the three ages of man: Youth, middle age, and you’re looking wonderful.” — Cardinal Spellman
  96. “When a man has a birthday, he takes a day off. When a woman has a birthday, she takes at least three years off.“ – Joan Rivers
  97. “Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.” — Mary Schmich
  98. “Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.” — Kin Hubbard
  99. “Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.“ – Truman Capote

conclusion

In conclusion, inspiring someone on their birthday can make their day even more special. Sharing an inspirational birthday quote with your loved ones can bring a smile to their face, uplift their mood and help them to feel appreciated. The right words can convey your love and appreciation for the person and inspire them to keep pushing forward in their journey of life. With a wide range of inspirational birthday quotes to choose from, you can find the perfect one to share on this special day. So, take the time to find the right quote that resonates with you and your loved one and share it with them on their birthday!

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