Birthday Quotes, Greetings, and Sentiments

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." - Mark Twain

"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time." - Jean Paul Richter

"May you live all the days of your life." - Jonathan Swift

"It's not how old you are, but how you are old."

"PLeas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,
And count each birthday with a grateful mind."
- Alexander Pope

"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional."
- Chili Davis

"You can't turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again."

"No wise man ever wished to be younger." - Jonathan Swift

"The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune." - English Proverb

"Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Jack Benny

"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 Expression

"It is better to wear out than to rust out." - Bishop Richard Cumberland

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

"A true friend remembers your birthday but not your age."

"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

Age is like underwear...it creeps up on you!

I wouldn't say that you're old...
...you've just been young longer than most of us.

Middle age is when you've met so many people that
every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

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

"Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you're in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you get." - Robbert Oustin

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

"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative." - Maurice Chevalier

" When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not." - Mark Twain

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.

I have everything I had twenty years ago, only it's all a little bit lower. - Gypsy Rose Lee

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

I never forget my wife's birthday.It's usually the day after she reminds me about it.

Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.

Old fart, young heart!

The More Candles,
The Bigger the Wish!

So many candles,
So little cake!

You're not old...
You're chronologically gifted.

Sending a Joyful Hello ...
To Someone Who is A Blessing to Know

Cherish God's love and celebrate His plan for you!
Happy Birthday

I hope that your day is blessed with happiness and joy.

Praying that your day is as special as you are.

May the good Lord shower you with many blessings on your special day.

May God bless you and keep you always in His tender, loving care.

"I thank my God in all my remembrance of you." Philippians 1:3

"This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it."
PSALMS 118:24

Here's to celebrating you!

Today take time for you,
And enjoy every little thing you do.

Best wishes on your birthday,
and throughout the coming year.

Lot's of people are thinking of you on your birthday;
I just wanted to let you know I'm one of them!

May this birthday be just the beginning
of a year filled with happy memories,
wonderful moments and shining dreams.

Thank you for making family such
a beautiful word. Happy Birthday!

May your birthday bring you
as much happiness
As you give those who know you.

Sending warm and loving wishes
Of happiness and cheer,
And everything you need to start
Another happy year

This is a special birthday wish
That comes with love to you
It brings warm and heartfelt thanks
For all the thoughtful things you do,
It also comes to let you know
You mean more to me each day
And to everyone your lives have touched
In such a loving way.

The most special thing about this card..
Is the person holding it

From morning till night,
May your birthday be bright.

Hope lovely surprises are coming your way
To make your Birthday a Wonderful day.

May brooks and trees and singing hills
Join in the chorus too,
And every gentle wind that blows
Send happiness to you.

May your spirit keep the freedom
of a butterfly in spring,
and may your heart be filled always
with the joys of simple things.
May your essence claim the freshness
of the new laid morning dew.
All of this... and more...
is my Birthday wish for you.

Birthdays are ordinary days sprinkled with stardust.

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

Each birthday is a new beginning, full of promise and opportunity and the chance to make dreams come true.

"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made." - Robert Browning

"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." Wishing you a wonderfully sunny birthday!

Special days like this, certainly deserve a kiss. xoxo

To the world, you may be one person,
But to me, you are the world.
Happy Birthday!

These are from vintage ephemera ...

"Tis fashionable my dear
to remember the day
but forget the year!

From my heart
a Birthday greeting
Tis the fondest I can send
Happiness abide with you alway
And good fortune be your friend

We are one in love and joy,
In fondness and in worth,
And so as one we celebrate,
This day, your day of birth!

Thank you for your tender love
Of which you'll never really know,
How happy that you've made me
And how much I love you so.