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Decade by by decade milestone birthday quotes are all in one place right here. Use these birthday quotes at parties, on cards, or just in birthday conversation.

Pondering an important birthday you or someone close is faced with? You'll find quotes and thoughts about turning 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 years old right here! Keep scrolling, and you'll find quotes for each decade, gift suggestions for each decade, along with comments from ordinary (and extraordinary) people about each decade of life.

How does it happen, anyway? My friends and I just keep getting older and older! My sister recently had a forest fire birthday cake . Too bad we didn't have space to write a great quote on it due to the number of candles. I did put a milestone birthday quote in her card, though. I wrote that "Fifty is the youth of old age." She appreciated that.

30th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

30th Birthday Quotes

  • 1"Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed." - Charles Schulz

    Use this birthday quote to rub it in. This 30th birthday quote comes from the cartoonist Charles Schulz. He made the "Peanuts" comic strip, which was famous for his wry, yet hopeful humor.
  • 2"Everything I know, I learned after I was thirty." - Georges Clemenceau

    See? You've not even begun to know anything yet at all. Well said by Clemenceau, who must
    have said it way, way after his 30th birthday, as a much older man.
  • 3"30 is the new 20, unless your 20, then it's the new 40." - Dane Peddigrew

    Birthdays invite all kinds of strange birthday math and convoluted logic. Did you think your 30th birthday would never arrive when you were twenty? Most people think that way.
  • 4"At the age of twenty, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at thirty, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at forty, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all." -John M. Eades

    I guess the 30th birthday kid is still worrying about what the world thinks. Just take note of what obscurity you have to look forward to. Of course, forty is a long way off, right?
  • 5"The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits." - Hervey Allen

    Thank goodness you have your wits about you for now, and you can start to live fully. Just keep in mind that a time is approaching when you'll lose them again. Do the makers of these 30th birthday quotes really think thirty is middle-aged?

Great 30th Birthday Gift

A Fun Read for a Newly Turned Thirty

Book of Ages 30

Book of Ages 30

by: Lockhart Steele, Joshua Albertson, Jonathan Van Gieson

Amazon Price: $7.77 (as of 06/03/2012)Buy Now

Don't freak out that you're thirty now. Wave good-bye to your twenties, and face front, and keep on going boldly forward. But take a bit of time to read about those who have turned 30 before you, and where they were in their lives. This book is filled with factoids that give information about where others were when they were 30. You're doing fine!

Gift Ideas for 30's...

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So, what's the best part of being in your thirties?

  • BlueObsidian May 26, 2012 @ 9:51 am | delete
    My 30th birthday is coming up this year, and I'm actually looking forward to it. I seem to be moving into a new chapter of my life, so a new decade seems appropriate!
  • veryirie Mar 27, 2012 @ 1:59 am | delete
    My thirties was spent focusing on my growing children and my career.
  • wilfredpadilla Mar 10, 2012 @ 10:54 pm | delete
    I am still in twenties!
  • jseven Mar 10, 2012 @ 9:24 pm | delete
    Well, it's good to know I have all of my senses! Great lens. :)
  • cffutah Feb 22, 2012 @ 11:14 am | delete
    People recognize you more as an experience adult.
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40th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

40th Birthday Quotes

  • 1"Life begins at forty." - W. B. Pitkin

    This one's a classic. We've all heard it, and when we're turning 40, we hope it's really true.
  • 2"We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it." -Jules Renard

    I guess this is saying that we're old enough to know what it is we don't know.
  • 3Forty isn't old, if you're a tree - Anonymous, on Turning 40

    Hardy, har, har, har.
  • 4"To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am." - Bernard M. Baruch

    Remember this smart policy, and just keep using it.
  • 5"If you want to look young and thin, hang around old fat people." -Jim Eason

    Now this is a very smart idea. I like it.

Great 40th Birthday Gift Idea

Forty Things to Do When You Turn Forty: Forty Experts on the Subject of Turning Forty

Forty Things to Do When You Turn Forty: Forty Experts on the Subject of Turning Forty

by: Allison Kyle Leopold

Amazon Price: $6.00 (as of 06/03/2012)Buy Now

Give this book to someone on their 40th birthday. These are some really tell-it-like-it-is, encouraging and insightful essays written by fine authors. At forty, you need to think back and think ahead and savor the moment. This book helps you do all three.

Gift Ideas for 40's...

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Does life really begin in your forties? What are your thoughts?

  • webkangaroo Mar 29, 2012 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    Really nice lens -- and I'm in my 50's! Good work, thanks!
  • veryirie Mar 27, 2012 @ 2:00 am | delete
    Absolutely! I've found this to be true. :)
  • wilfredpadilla Mar 10, 2012 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    They said that real life begins with the age of forty!
  • cffutah Feb 22, 2012 @ 11:15 am | delete
    If life begins in your 40's than I'm setup perfectly! That's my next era in life.
  • KathyT Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    Things started speeding up, that's for sure! :)
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50th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

50th Birthday Quotes

  • 1"Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age." - Old French Proverb

    I think this one makes a lot of sense. You are entering your second youth. That sounds OK, right?
  • 2No wise man ever wished to be younger. - Jonathan Swift

    I guess this means that most of us have been temporarily unwise. Whenever I wish I was younger, it's always with the caveat that I would know then what I know now.
  • 3If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older. - Abraham Sutzkever

    At fifty, it's more important than ever to keep our playfulness, fun, and youth at heart.
  • 4"Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons." -Eli Cass

    Just being energy efficient, I suppose, in more ways than one.
  • 5"And it's true that I turn 50 tomorrow, which means that by the time I wake up, I'll have an email from AARP, asking me to call President Obama and tell him to protect Medicare." - President Barack Obama

    Even the president will get one of those awful mailings that remind you you're fifty. Yikes.

50th Birthday Gift Idea

Get this book for a thoughtful person who's on the verge of five decades of life.
Fifty Things to Do When You Turn Fifty: Fifty Experts on the Subject of Turning Fifty

Fifty Things to Do When You Turn Fifty: Fifty Experts on the Subject of Turning Fifty

by: Ronnie Sellers

Amazon Price: $8.26 (as of 06/03/2012)Buy Now

If you or a friend will soon start the journey of being beyond the half century mark, read this. The essays are insightful and encouraging, but they're truthful too. None of the writing is sappy and Pollyanish. The essayists help you realize you're not the only one going through this milestone birthday, and you're not alone on your journey of growing older. Basically, things are going to be OK, and likely, things will be way better than just OK in this new decade. I especially like Garrison Kiellor's piece.

Gift Ideas for 50's...

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Is fifty really the new forty? How do you feel about that concept?

  • Kimbesa May 26, 2012 @ 11:31 pm | delete
    I'll let you know when I turn 70...
  • veryirie Mar 27, 2012 @ 2:03 am | delete
    I love number one and number three in the quotes for the fifties. :)
  • wilfredpadilla Mar 10, 2012 @ 10:56 pm | delete
    I don't think so...
  • jseven Mar 10, 2012 @ 9:25 pm | delete
    I posted in the 30's, whoops! I am young at heart and feel very wise like I'm 90, lol!
  • MiddleSister Feb 4, 2012 @ 8:30 am | delete
    It means you love kids, which is great! Go, Daddy!
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60th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

60th Birthday Quotes

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

    This one is from the perpetually 39 year old comedian.
  • 2"You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older." - Anouk Aimee

    I guess it's sort of like being the velveteen rabbit.
  • 3"I have everything now I had twenty years ago except now it's all lower." -Gypsy Rose Lee

    There you go!
  • 4"We grow too soon old and too late smart." - Pennsylvania Dutch proverb

    Oh, the irony of the human condition!
  • 5"We are always the same age inside." - Gertrude Stein

    We are still the same old us, only a little wiser, hopefully.

Great 60th Birthday Gift Idea

60 Things To Do When You Turn 60

60 Things To Do When You Turn 60

by: Nicholas Perricone, Gloria Steinem, Jamie Wyeth, Garrison Keillor

Amazon Price: (as of 06/03/2012)Buy Now

So, what's it like being 60 years old? Read this book, and get an idea. Peruse lots of ideas and essays about aging written by insightful authors.

Gift Ideas for 60's...

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What are some of the good things about being in your sixties, besides "it beats the alternative?"

  • poutine Mar 27, 2012 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    love the wisdom acquired.
  • wilfredpadilla Mar 10, 2012 @ 10:57 pm | delete
    I hope I am still alive when I am in my sixties.
  • JaguarJulie Jan 25, 2012 @ 11:45 am | delete
    Hey, don't knock the sixties unless you are actually there! Isn't 60 the new 40?
  • KathyT Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:29 pm | delete
    Not there yet... but I'm thinking I'll be totally financially independent. Hey, a gal's gotta dream...
  • goo2eyes Jan 13, 2012 @ 4:57 am | delete
    being sixty would be just waiting for retirement.
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70th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

70th Birthday Quotes

  • 1"It's an advantage up here for older folks because in zero-G you can move around much more easily." - John Glenn

    John Glenn went up in space as the first astronaut in his or seventies! He was 77 at the time, in 1998. that was 36 years after he became the first American to orbit the earth.
  • 2"Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words." -Titus Maccius Plautus

    What a great idea! It is truly cause to celebrate a rich life for a brand new septuagenarian.
  • 3"At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning.
    At thirty, I stood firm.
    At forty, I had no doubts.
    At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven.
    At sixty, my ear was receptive to truth.
    At seventy, I could follow my heart's desires without sin."
    -Confucius, Analects II.iv

    Go ahead. Follow your heart's desires! you're probably old enough to know what they are.
  • 4"Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair." -Sam Ewing
  • 5"If you want to be happy, be." -- Henry David Thoreau

    We have everything we need within us.

Perfect Gift for a Special 70th Birthday

Laugh about this milestone birthday!

I'm Too Young to Be Seventy: And Other Delusions [IM TOO YOUNG TO BE 70]

I'm Too Young to Be Seventy: And Other Delusions [IM TOO YOUNG TO BE 70]

Amazon Price: $10.88 (as of 06/03/2012)Buy Now

Judith Viorst is at her hilarious best here. She calls it like she sees it, turning into a seventy year old woman.

Gift Ideas for 70's...

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What do you think about the seventies decade of life?

  • goo2eyes Feb 16, 2012 @ 4:02 pm | delete
    i came back to share some blessings.
  • KathyT Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    Hoping it's very healthy. Now that I'm in my 50's, I have started behaving better so that I make my 70s healthy! :)
  • goo2eyes Jan 13, 2012 @ 4:59 am | delete
    i think that i will reminisce the days that i had sleepless nights because of squidoo. i will enjoy my retirement with my husband. go somewherelse where it is warm.
  • nancycarol Nov 8, 2011 @ 10:10 pm | delete
    I'm 72...life would be wonderful if I still had my health. That's the one thing young people don't realize...If you live long enough to grow old, you pay for the excesses of your youth. That's a quote from me!
  • grannysage Sep 16, 2011 @ 11:18 am | delete
    My sister is approaching 70 and she is more active and adventurous than I am. She keeps bopping off to see other parts of the world while I stay home on my couch. Well now my couch is in an RV so maybe that counts?
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80th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

80th Birthday Quotes

  • 1Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. - Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad

    This is just so true. The acidity level can be controlled with attitude.
  • 2"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come." - William Shakespeare

    Acceptance and finding joy are key.
  • 3"The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines." - Plato

    Good thing we have glasses.
  • 4"Birthdays are good for you; the more you have the longer you live!" - Unknown

    Let us rejoice in yet another healthful birthday to celebrate!
  • 5"In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." -- Albert Camus

    Embrace your inner summer! Seize the day.

Gift Ideas for 80's, 90's. and 100's...

Great Gifts for Senior Citizens, by Gottaloveit (One who knows!)
Go here to find some excellent, fun and appropriate gift ideas from my buddy, Gottaloveit.

When you're in your eighties and still kicking, how do you plan to make the most of it?

  • veryirie Mar 27, 2012 @ 2:05 am | delete
    Hopefully, I will still continue to keep both my mind and body active; that is my goal.
  • KathyT Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    Hopefully still tlravelling and having fun! Maybe by then my tennis game will be better! :)
  • goo2eyes Jan 13, 2012 @ 5:00 am | delete
    i hope that at this age, i am still healthy.
  • nancycarol Nov 8, 2011 @ 10:12 pm | delete
    When I get up each day and realize I'm still here, I'll have a cup of coffee, read my paper, and be happy I have one more day to love my family.
  • tonigrundstrom Sep 4, 2011 @ 9:21 pm | delete
    I am going to love my family and try to continue to meet new people and do new things.
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90th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

90th Birthday Quotes

  • 1"You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." -Bob Hope

    Ha, ha! But you are so worth it!
  • 2"The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune." - English Proverb

    You get better and better.
  • 3"Happiness is good health and a bad memory." - Ingrid Bergman

    May your health be good!
  • 4"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is the work of art." - Garson Kanin

    You should be framed!
  • 5"It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen." - Brigitte Bardot

    There's beauty at every stage.

What are your thoughts about being in your nineties?

  • KathyT Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:31 pm | delete
    We're just getting started!
  • goo2eyes Jan 13, 2012 @ 5:00 am | delete
    i hope i won't be senile by then.
  • nancycarol Nov 8, 2011 @ 10:15 pm | delete
    My aunt on my mother's side made it to 100...my mother made it to only 86...if we do a composite of those ages...I may make it to 93, but if the quality of life is not good for me, I'm not sure I'd want to.
  • gottaloveit Sep 22, 2011 @ 7:31 am | delete
    Mom's about to hit 95 next month and I love your quotes. I might steal one to post on the wall for her birthday party.
  • gracesdaughter Sep 13, 2011 @ 1:47 am | delete
    My biggest thought is there's a very high likelihood that I'll make it there since my Dad is now 90 and I've had several other family members to live long and prosper. My goal is to make sure that when I get there I'm still vibrant so I intend to take good care of myself now at 50!!
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100th Birthday Quotes, Comments, and Gifts:

100th Birthday Quotes

  • 1"Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again." -Menachem Mendel Schneerson

    The energy changes, but it's still there. Birthday blessings to you!
  • 2"I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred." - Thomas Alva Edison

    Never enough time, is there?
  • 3"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

    May you have lived well, and continue to do so.
  • 4"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience" - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
  • 5"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

Are you 100? Do you know anyone who is? Thoughts on making it to 100 and beyond:

  • bless064 May 28, 2012 @ 12:04 pm | delete
    MY MOTHER WILL BE 103 JUNE 12 IN GOOD HEALTH SHE SAYS SHE LIVES BY GODS COMMANMENTS HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER THAT YOUR DAYS BE LONG
  • gottaloveit Apr 19, 2012 @ 6:13 am | delete
    I'm far from 100 and not even sure I prefer to make it that far. I'm thinking 85 and out sounds about right to me!
  • cffutah Feb 22, 2012 @ 11:16 am | delete
    Oldest person in Utah is 114 years old I've heard.
  • KathyT Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    My husband's great aunt just passed away 1 day before her 107th birthday. I want to go for a healthy and very active 120 or 130!
  • goo2eyes Jan 13, 2012 @ 5:02 am | delete
    i would be covered with wrinkles. my grandparents reached 100+ but they passed on already.
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Please Add Your Comments About Milestone Birthday Quotes

  • scarlettohairy May 26, 2012 @ 7:02 pm | delete
    This is a great launching place for milestone birthday celebrations.
  • wilfredpadilla Mar 10, 2012 @ 10:57 pm | delete
    I really like this lens!
  • cffutah Feb 22, 2012 @ 11:17 am | delete
    Enjoyed this creative article of yours ... *blessed*
  • JoshK47 Jan 25, 2012 @ 11:59 am | delete
    Fantastic collection of quotes - I'm starting to approach those 30's way too quickly, but it's starting to seem less and less old as I get there. Blessed by a SquidAngel!
  • KathyT Jan 21, 2012 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    Thought provoking as well as fun! :)
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