Wise words about birthdays and getting older

Some simple quotes about the celebration of getting older every year.


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

And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

Don’t just count your years, make your years count.
George Meredith

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain

The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once.
H. V. Prochnow

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Oprah Winfrey

No wise man ever wished to be younger.
Jonathan Swift

Nature gives you the face you have at 20, but it’s up to you to merit the face you have at 50.
Coco Chanel

You don’t get older, you get better.
Shirley Bassey

Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.
John Glenn

Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning.
Bob Hope

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