As a kid, there was no better day than your birthday. You got to bring cupcakes to your class at school; there were balloons and presents, and maybe even a moon bounce to bounce inside. As an adult, birthday celebrations are a good time to let loose and kick off another year, whether that’s with cake, a party, or just having a good old-fashioned “me day” on the couch.
Does a special friend or loved one of yours have a big birthday coming up, but you aren’t sure what to get them? Sending out a birthday flower bouquet is a good start, but a lot of times you might not know what to put on the card. Finding the right happy birthday message can be challenging sometimes. Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered with our big list of birthday quotes and happy birthday messages.
Happy Birthday Messages for Flower Delivery
- Happiest of birthdays to you! Hoping your year shines brighter than ever.
- Wishing you the best of the best on your birthday and always.
- Hope you feel extra loved on your birthday!
- Wishing you a day full of wonderful birthday surprises!
- Happy 21st birthday! (Again.)
- Age isn’t important…unless you’re a cheese. Happy birthday!
- I am so, so happy you were born. Thank you for being such a special part of my life!
- Happy Birthday to someone who deserves the very best things life has to offer.
- So excited to celebrate your birthday and your amazingness! Happy, happy and many more.
- Happy birthday — wishing you positive vibes, health, and happiness for the year ahead.
- Hope today is everything you’ve been wishing for!
- Sending the best birthday wishes to one of my very favorite people.
- Happy, happy birthday! Hope this year is your favorite year yet.
- Happy birthday from your favorite child*! (*Or friend, coworker, cousin, neighbor, etc, etc.)
- Age ain’t nothin’ but a number. Happy birthday to you!
- Birthdays are just nature’s way of instructing us to eat more cake.
- Wishing you all things fun and delicious on your birthday!
- Hope your birthday’s as special as you are.
- Time to pop the bubbly and celebrate…Your special day is only here once a year!
- Hope this brightens your birthday the way you brighten my life just by being in it!
- Like a fine wine, you get better every year. Happy birthday!
- Wishing you happiness, health, wealth, love, and all the luck this year. Happy birthday!
- Remember that you’ll only be this age for 365 days, but you’ll be awesome forever.
- Thinking of you and wishing you all the best on your special day.
- Wishing you another year of happiness and joy!
- Aged to perfection. Happy birthday!
- You are seriously so worth celebrating. Happy, happy birthday!
- Is it hot in here, or is it just all the candles on your cake? Happy birthday!
- Happy birthday! It seems like just yesterday we were the same age.
- This world is so much better because you’re in it. Happy birthday!
Birthday Quotes
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” — John Lennon
“Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doing research.” — Carl Gustav Jung
“The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.” — English Proverb
“No wise man ever wished to be younger.” — Jonathan Swift
“It takes a long time to become young.” —Pablo Picasso
“Celebrate your day of birthday as a special day. Make a specific birthday wish and write it down. You will be amazed by the power of pen and inner strength to accomplish your wishes. This will be a special gift for yourself on each birthday.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty, it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.” — Coco Chanel
“Rather than see ageing as a reason to contract, we should view it as an opportunity to expand. We should make each year of our lives are more interesting than the one before.” ― Srinivas Rao
“We turn not older with years, but newer every day.” — Emily Dickinson
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.” —Plautus
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” —William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.” — Fred Astaire
“If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you’re not Jesus, you should start telling people your birthday is on June 9 or something.” ― Ellen DeGeneres
“Youth is a gift of nature but age is a work of art.” ― Stanislaw Lec
“Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.” – Brigitte Bardot
“There is still no cure for the common birthday.” ― John Glenn
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” ― Abraham Lincoln
“The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.” — Oscar Wilde
“If everybody was treated like they matter — everyday; birthdays wouldn’t be so *special.*” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.” — Mary Pickford
“Forty is the age of youth. Fifty is the youth of old age” — Victor Hugo
“You know how most people dread a birthday… Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be here with you.” ― James Patterson, Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
“Just remember, once you’re over the hill you begin to pick up speed.” – Charles Schultz
“Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” ― George Meredith
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ― Oprah Winfrey
Happy Birthday Wishes
“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been” ― Mark Twain
“I know I don’t always show it, but you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. Let’s make your birthday the very special celebration it should be, and I’ll remind you of just how much you mean to me. I love you!” ― Aamir Sarfraz
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.” ― Maya Angelou
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” — George Bernard Shaw
“Years have passed; years will pass; the difference being, today we are together, tomorrow our memories will be together. so here I promise you to have a wonderful birthday.” ― Bhanu Priya
“I may not be physically present to stand by you while you cut your cake, but you’ll be in my thoughts today! Happy Birthday.” ― Aamir Sarfraz
“Many times we search for the perfect words to say as well as the right reasons to stay but never have I doubted you and your ability to make me happy. You care about me, you show me ur undying love and you understand me on levels that I never thought anyone would.” ― Hopal Green
“Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it” – Nicky Gumbel
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” — Dr. Seuss
“Every day is a gift. But some days are packaged better.” ― Sanhita Baruah
“Having a birthday is like reaching a higher peak on a mountain. Pause to admire the view; reflect on how far you have come.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.” — Robert Frost
“Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.” — Aretha Franklin
“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is to triumph over old age.” — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
“May the love in your heart overshadow any sorrows, and may you always know with a deep inner certainty, how loved you truly are.” ― Jodi Livon
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” — Lucille Ball
“Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”— Satchel Paige
“The only way that getting older can be a bad thing is if you are not fully living in the moment now.” ― Andrena Sawyer
“As you grow up, make sure you have more dreams than memories, more opportunities than chances, and more friends than acquaintances.” ― Anonymous
“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” — Madeleine L’Engle
“May your birthday be as pleasant and awesome as you always are.” ― Debasish Mridha
“Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?” — Prince
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. ~ Traditional Irish Blessing
Birthday Poems
A birthday is one of so many events elevated by the giving of flowers. Whether it’s an entire bouquet or a single stem, flowers suggest thoughtfulness, care and appreciation for a loved one. Being surprised by their sight and smell is such a pleasant way to receive birthday wishes.
The wide range of floral selection allows for a gift catered to the recipient’s unique personality and preferences. Something so carefully personalized deserves an appropriate message to match. And what’s better than sending a lovely birthday poem to your partner, friend, or family! Birthday poems serve as a creative and intimate companion, alleviating any confusion as to the meaning behind the gift. Happiness is the only plausible emotion to come from this lovely combination.
1.
Happy birthday to you
Let us toast to the things that you do
I cannot remember just what those are
But I am sure they are enough to make you a star!
2.
Laughter rises from rooms you enter.
A smile stirs from just a word.
A lovely chorus with you, the center,
The greatest sound I’ve ever heard.
Happy birthday to you!
3.
Happiness is what you have to offer,
And what you shall receive.
Your birthday comes with many blessings,
That I do believe.
4.
The smell of a rose before it comes into view.
An airport terminal before an arriving plane is due.
With similar anticipation I have long awaited
Spending an incredible birthday with you!
5.
These birthday wishes come from afar,
Filled with love, affection, warmth and care.
Your light radiates through the sky,
And no matter how hard I try,
I can’t even begin to share
How you truly are wonderful and rare.
6.
My love for you is an endless stream,
Whose current carries me away.
What once was just a distant dream,
Is now my each and every day.
Our roots have intertwined and spread,
The future’s all that’s left to bloom.
I can’t believe I get to spend
Another birthday close to you!
Happy birthday, love!
7.
Like a flower in the sun,
You shine until the day is done.
This day is special, for it’s yours.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the fun!
8.
Side by side is how we’re pictured,
Two souls attached by the bond of time.
Wandering forever in the forest of adventure,
Seeking nothing but a constant climb.
To look down is to look back, and ultimately away from you;
Once a year I am reminded of the thing I’ll never do.
Happy birthday, sweetheart!
9.
A meadow filled with your favorite color.
A brand-new interest to discover.
A blissful life spent with your lover.
For all these dreams and any other,
May your birthday wish come true!
*Birthday poem section by Jon Wood from Poems and Occasions.
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Finding birthday gift ideas can be a challenge, especially when you really want to make sure the friend knows how much you love them! We can help you there too. We can also help you throw a surprise birthday party or a floral-themed birthday party. When you’re ready to order birthday flowers, come visit bouqs.com and find the right bouquet for your recipient.
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