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Birthday quotes to write in cards and share on the big day. This hand-picked collection brings together 23 of the finest birthday quotes ever written — from J. R. R. Tolkien, Dr. Seuss, John Lennon and other great voices. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.

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

It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

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

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

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

— Dr. Seuss

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

Today you are the oldest you have ever been and the youngest you will ever be again. Make the most of it!

Birthdays come but once a year, but a great friend comes once in a lifetime.

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

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

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

— John Lennon

May you live all the days of your life.

— Jonathan Swift

A birthday is nature's way of telling us to eat more cake.

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

— Abraham Lincoln

Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional. Happy birthday!

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

Let your birthday be the beginning of a year filled with good luck, good health and much happiness.

Birthdays are a new start, a fresh beginning and a time to pursue new endeavours with new goals.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter — happy birthday.

— Mark Twain

You don't get older, you get better. Happy birthday!

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

A birthday is like a new year and my wish for you is a great year full of happiness and sunshine.

Another year older, another year wiser, another year more fabulous. Happy birthday!

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