Things to Say in a Birthday Card

Quick Fact!

Typically, there are 2 types of greeting cards - seasonal and every day cards. Birthday cards are the best-selling every day cards which amount for over half of the total cards sold.Birthday Quotes

• Funny
• Religious
• Romantic
• Inspirational

Birthday cards come in all shapes and sizes; and for people of different age groups. Of course, the cards already have rhyming poems that capture the essence of the occasion. On the other hand, it's nice to compose a few personal lines for the receiver of the card, isn't it! So what happens when you're out of words but wish to send your message across? Simple. All you have to do is read the rest of this article and find applicable quotes while writing in birthday cards.

Funny Birthday Quotes


They say that age is all in your mind. The trick is keeping it from creeping down into your body.
AnonymousYou are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime.
John P. GrierAs you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.
Sir Norman WisdomYour birthday reminds me of the old Chinese scholar....Yung No Mo.
AnonymousThe best way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.
E. Joseph CossmanI remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing "Happy Birthday".
AnonymousOld age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it.
Golda MeirI believe in loyalty. When a woman reaches an age she likes, she should stick with it.
Eva GaborA birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.
AnonymousBirthday is a salty word if you're not a fan of cake and ice cream.
Greg Evans[ Index ]
Religious Birthday Quotes


Once a year we celebrate the gift of life that Lord has given us. Happy Birthday to the brightest star in our life.
AnonymousHe chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
James 1:18By living fully, recognizing that all we do is by His power, we honor God; He in turn blesses us.
Becky LairdJust as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Gautama BuddhaYour existence in my life is a proof that God really loves me. Birthday wishes and blessings are coming your way.
AnonymousHowever many years a man may live, let him enjoy them all.
Ecclesiastes 11:8Because 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.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel SchneersonTrue religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.
Albert EinsteinWorry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.
Corrie Ten BoomFor we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10[ Index ]
Romantic Birthday Quotes


He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
Emily BrontGrow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.
Robert BrowningI asked for light, God gave me the sun. I asked for water, God gave me rain. I asked for happiness, and God gave me you.
AnonymousMeeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over.
AnonymousFor you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
Rosemonde GerardYou're pretty much my most favorite of all time in the history of ever.
AnonymousMy bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep;
The more I give to thee
The more I have,
For both are infinite.
William Shakespeare, Juliet (Act 2, Scene 2)To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
William M. ThackerayCurse on all laws but those which love has made! Love, free as air at sight of human ties, spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.
Alexander PopeI love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.
Pablo Neruda, Sonnet XVII[ Index ]
Inspirational Birthday Quotes


It is better to wear out than to rust out.
Bishop Richard CumberlandYouth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz KafkaAnd in the end, it's not the years in your life that counts. It's the life in your years.
Abraham LincolnEvery year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
Sammy HagarYouth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.
Frank LloydMaturity 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.
AnonymousWhat could be more beautiful that a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
Brigitte BardotYour past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.
Marilyn FergusonPleas'd to look forward, pleas'd to look behind, and count each birthday with a grateful mind.
Alexander PopeSome people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty, they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.
Martin Buxbaum
Choose one or more quotes and write them in the birthday cards you send each year to family and friends. Trust me, they'll be elated to find personal messages written on their cards by you. Also, now you won't be wondering or confused on what to say in a birthday card. You've got the answers right here!