A collection of best 40 birthday quotes, all by famous poets or other famous people

A collection of best 40 birthday quotes, all by famous poets or other famous people. Some are funny, others nice and charming.
 
1.
Keep true to the dream of thy youth.  – Friedrich von Schiller

2.
Let them eat cake. -Marie Antoinette

 

3.
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. -Plautus

4.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. -Rabindranath Tagore

5.
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.  – Truman Capote

6.
Life is short, wear your party pants. – Loretta LaRoche

7.
Life is too short to be small. – Benjamin Disraeli

8.
Like many women my age, I am 28 years old. -Mary Schmich

9.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – Mahatma Gandhi

10.
Live without pretending; love without depending; listen without defending; speak without offending. – J.B. Glossinger

11.
Looking fifty is great–if you’re sixty. –  Joan Rivers

12.
Love the giver more than the gift. -Brigham Young

13.
Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had, and what you’ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated. – Author Unknown

14.
May this be a reminder that life is short. Create unforgettable moments. Make the time for those you care about. Lastly, remember to be grateful for all that you have.– Tipss.org

15.
May you live all the days of your life.  – Jonathan Swift

16.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine. – Frank Sinatra

17.
May you live to be a hundred years With one extra year to repent. – Author Unknown

18.
Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. – C.E.M. Joad

19.
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier.  – Dan Bennett

20.
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.  – Don Marquis

21.
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. – Bob Hope

 

22.
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday – especially if it was one's own – brightened the world as if a second sun has risen. -Robert Lynd

23.
Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past. – Homaro Cantu

24.
My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. Whenever I made a new friend, I made a point of finding out his or her birthday early on, and I would record it in my Filofax calendar. –  Susan Orlean

25.
My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him. -Loretta Lynn

26.
My Birthday! What a different sound that word had in my youthful ear. – Thomas Moore

27.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. -Jim Valvano

28.
My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish. – Flip Wilson

29.
My life is better with every year of living it. – Rachel Maddow

30.
My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday. – Molly Sims

 

31.
My mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I said I wanted to read poetry with her. -Guy Johnson

32.
My mother still sends a cake to the office for my birthday. – David Ulevitch

33.
My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it. – Boris Johnson

34.
New Year's Day is every man's birthday. -Charles Lamb

35.
No wise man ever wished to be younger. – Jonathan Swift

36.
No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.  – Oscar Wilde

37.
Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age – Unknown

38.
Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold and have escaped, not from one master, but from many. – Plato

39.
Old age is not for sissies. – Malcolm Forbes

40.
Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives. – Maurice Chevalier