Quote #1
"40 isn’t that old if you’re a tree…”
Unknown
Quote #2
"Now that you’re 40 you get to start enjoying colonoscopies."
Unknown
Quote #3
"You know you're 40 when someone offers you a seat on the bus. And you don't refuse."
Unknown
Quote #4
"You know you're 40 when you have a party and the neighbors don't even realize.."
Unknown
Quote #5
"40 years old? You’re 4 perfect 10's!"
Unknown
Quote #6
"No woman should have kids over 40. Really, 40 kids is enough."
Unknown
Quote #7
"Be happy that you are still 3,650 days away from turning fifty. Maybe this is the only way you can console yourself about turning forty. Happy 40th birthday."
Unknown
Quote #8
"I cannot thank you enough for turning 40 first."
Unknown
Quote #9
"In your 40s you don’t have to drink to feel hungover."
Unknown
Quote #10
"You know you're 40 when your back is hairier than your head."
Unknown
Quote #11
"40 is when you finally get your head together and your body has other ideas."
Unknown
Quote #12
"Do you have some spare time in your life? Then maybe this is the right time to start searching for the Fountain of Youth! Happy fortieth."
Unknown
Quote #13
"The first 40 years of being a kid are the hardest."
Unknown
Quote #14
"Being 40 means you did you stupid before the internet."
Unknown
Quote #15
"You know you're 40 when your back goes out more often than you do."
Unknown
Funny 40th Birthday Quotes For Her
Quote #16
"Every time a woman turns 40 a cougar is born."
Unknown
Quote #17
"You know you're 40 when getting lucky means a short wait in the doctor's office."
Unknown
Quote #18
"At 40 some guy calls you "Darlin’" and it makes your day."
Unknown
Quote #19
"When you’re 40, you have so much to look forward to – like a little peace and quiet when all the kids move out."
Melanie White
Quote #20
"When you’re 40, don’t worry about being over the hill. At least you’re not still climbing it."
Melanie White
Quote #21
"Welcome to your 40’s. You appreciate handrails now."
Darlin’ Darla
Quote #22
"Having to blow out 40 candles on your birthday this year? I guess then we’ll know whether you truly are a windbag."
Melanie White
Quote #23
"Welcome to your 40s. Your gum's flavor outlasts your chewing stamina now."
Darlin’ Darla
Quote #24
"If you’re 40 and slowing down isn’t an option, you might want to think twice about making U-turns."
Melanie White
Quote #25
"By your 40s, you don’t want to be with the cool people; you want to be with your people."
Pamela Druckerman
Quote #26
"The key to being a young 40 is having friends much older than you are."
Melanie White
Quote #27
"If you want to feel young on your 40th birthday, just throw your party in an old folks’ home."
Melanie White
Quote #28
"If you don’t get any respect when you’re 40, it means that you’re also a parent."
Quote #29
"Just something to think about: The Roman Numerals for forty are XL."
Unknown
Quote #30
"Let’s raise a toast to your 40th. Here’s to prune juice!"
Unknown
Funny 40th Birthday Quotes For Him
Quote #31
"Wow, you’re 40! You were such a happenin’ dude. What happened, Dude?"
Unknown
Quote #32
"Turning 40? You’re never too old to be immature."
Unknown
Quote #33
"40 is the perfect age. You're old enough to recognize your mistakes but young enough to make some more."
Unknown
Quote #34
" I regret to inform you, but your 30s have expired."
Unknown
Quote #35
"They say 40 is the new 30. Please tell that to my knees."
Unknown
Quote #36
"May the 40s be with you."
Unknown
Quote #37
"You’re 40! Halfway between Diapers and Depends."
Unknown
Quote #38
"Congrats on turning 20 for the second time."
Unknown
Quote #39
"Now your twice as fun as a 20-year-old. Just with more back pain."
Unknown
Quote #40
"You’re 40. Which means that in dog years, you’re dead."
Unknown
Quote #41
"Here’s to 29 years, with 11 years of experience."
Unknown
Quote #42
"Make sure you live life in a way that when time machines are invented, you can proudly say ‘I don’t want to go back in time because I have lived my life in the best possible way’. Happy 40th birthday."
Unknown
Quote #43
"Life’s milestones are not supposed to be counted, they’re supposed to be celebrated. Happy 40th birthday."
Kin Hubbard
Quote #44
"Hope you have a great birthday. You’re not 40. You’re 39 plus shipping and handling."
Unknown
Quote #45
"Happy birthday! Hoping your 40s will feel incredibly new and exciting like your 20s — only doubly so!"
Unknown
Quote #46
"Forty is the teenage of old age – understand this before it is too late, and start living your life to the fullest. Happy 40th birthday."
Unknown
Quote #47
"Welcome to your 40's. You and the couch are in a relationship."
Lady V
Quote #48
"Congratulations on four decades of sheer awesomeness!"
Unknown
Quote #49
"Some birthday advice: don’t run upstairs right before you have to blow out 40 candles."
Melanie White
Quote #50
"Feeling over the hill at 40? No worries. Popping bubble wrap turns everybody into a little kid again."
Unknown
Funny 40th Birthday Cake Quotes
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40th Birthday Quotes Packed With Humor and Wit
Entering the 40th year of life is something very special for everyone. With lots of responsibilities and practical implementation of experiences, life actually begins at this perfect age. So, why not surprise that special someone who is turning 40 by throwing a special birthday party that every guests will remember. Also, do not forget to add some fun element to the party with some funny 40th birthday sayings.
Entering the 40th year of life is something very special for everyone. With lots of responsibilities and practical implementation of experiences, life actually begins at this perfect age. So, why not surprise that special someone who is turning 40 by throwing a special birthday party that every guests will remember. Also, do not forget to add some fun element to the party with some funny 40th birthday sayings.
Famous 40th Birthday Quotes and Sayings
Most people assume that 40th birthday celebration lacks fun and enthusiasm. Take it the other way, and rejoice the beginning of middle age with loads of good food and fun-filled games. Make the person feel special by sending catchy 40th birthday invitations and decorating the party hall with unique ideas. Following are some witty, yet happy 40th birthday sayings for women and men, in general.
At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up like a cabbage. ~ John Andrew Holmes
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We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it. ~ Jules Renard
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons. ~ Eli Cass
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. ~ Robert Frost
Middle age is when you still believe you'll feel better in the morning. ~ Bob Hope
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ~ Bob Hope
A man not old, but mellow, like good wine. ~ Stephen Phillips
At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning.
At thirty, I stood firm.
At forty, I had no doubts.
At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven.
At sixty, my ear was receptive to truth.
At seventy, I could follow my heart's desires without sin. ~ Confucius, Analects II.iv
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If life really begins on your 40th birthday, it's because that's when women finally get it… the guts to take back their lives. ~ Laura Randolph
When you reach forty you can't do anything every day. ~ Henry “Hank” Aaron
When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense. ~ Maya Angelou
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. ~ Victor Hugo
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. ~ Lucille Ball
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. ~ Bernard M. Baruch
35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years. ~ Oscar Wilde
Life begins on your 40th birthday. But so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times. ~ Helen Rowland
The “I just woke up” face of your 30's is the “all day long” face of your 40's. ~ Libby Reid
Age is opportunity no less than youth itself. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. ~ Ogden Nash
It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age. ~ Margaret Mead
A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~ Chinese
Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier. ~ Dan Bennett
Of middle age, the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. ~ Don Marquis
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. ~ Charles Schulz
Sing a song of Birthdays
Full of fun and cheer
And may you keep on having them
You've heard of the three ages of man – youth, age, and you are looking wonderful. ~ Francis Cardinal Spellman
This was a compilation of some humorous and funny 40th birthday quotes, with which you can lend a fun-filled atmosphere in the party. Create your own 40th birthday sayings and jot down in birthday cards to make them sound touchy and more meaningful.
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Here’s your resource for sending out great happy 40th birthday messages to colleagues, friends, and family. This list includes birthday wishes of all types – including positive, meaningful, and humorous messages for a fabulous fortieth birthday.
We'll start off with the best of the best as selected by the Poet's Panel.
Best happy 40th birthday messages
1.) Lordy, Lordy, look who’s 40!
2.) You are not 40. You are eighteen with 22 years of experience.
3.) Fierce, fabulous and forty!
4.) Fabulous at forty.
5.) 40 is four perfect 10's.
6.) Warmest wishes for a very happy 40th birthday.
7.) 40 isn’t old if you’re a tree.
8.) Cheers to 40 years!
9.) You’re 40 years old? You’re 4 perfect 10s! Happy birthday.
10.) Happy birthday. It took you 40 years to look this good!
11.) Congratulations on your 40th birthday.
12.) You’re not 40. You’re 29.95 plus shipping and handling.
13.) You make 40 look good.
14.) Wishing you a very happy birthday! Life begins at forty.
15.) The first 40 years of childhood are always the hardest.
16.) 40… More fun than two 20-year olds!
17.) 39 was so last year.
18.) Wishing you a truly fabulous day.
19.) Here’s to maturing like a fine wine. Happy 40th birthday!
20.) 40 is fine when you look 29.
21.) Many happy returns on your 40th birthday.
22.) 40 is the new… what was I saying?
23.) It is scientifically proven that people who have more birthdays live longer.
24.) I’m not over the hill, I’m over the mountain.
25.) This is my second time turning 20.
26.) I’m forty-licious!
Sincere happy 40th birthday wishes
27.) May all the dreams you’ve ever had in the last 39 years start to be fulfilled on your 40th birthday!
28.) With so many wonderful accomplishments under your belt, I am sure that you hold no regrets up to this point in your life. Celebrate this beautiful milestone. Happy 40th birthday!
29.) Happy birthday! Hoping your 40s will feel incredibly new and exciting like your 20s — only doubly so!
30.) Being 40 means that you have experienced enough to know what you want and are still young enough to go after it. I hope that you acquire everything that you pursue!
For Friends
31.) Life’s milestones are not supposed to be counted, they’re supposed to be celebrated. Happy 40th birthday.
32.) Even though you are forty, being young is a state of mind. Free yourself of tomorrow’s worry and today’s frets by loving today for all it offers you. Happy birthday on your 40th.
33.) 40 is a limitless age. You have many options to choose from. My birthday wish is that you explore all of them and choose what is best for you.
35.) They say inside every older person is someone younger thinking: what happened!? For you, the right thing happened. Older looks good on you. Happy 40th birthday.
For sister
36.) So, I was just wondering… how old should we tell everyone you are this year? I don’t think anyone would believe that you’re turning 35 again for the fifth year in a row. Happy 40th Birthday!
37.) Happy Birthday to a person whose effervescence extends beyond your 40th! The liveliness of your demeanor is a perfect example of eternal youth!
38.) Congratulations on the 24th anniversary of your 16th birthday! Here’s to many more.
39.) Happy birthday! You simply look amazing. In all fairness, start aging like a normal person and give the rest of us a break.
40.) Can you believe it? You have made it through 40 years of hardships, heartbreaks, and challenges. Only a strong person could have made it this far with a smile on her face. Happy birthday.
41.) May your makeup conceal your wrinkles, may your hair dye not fade, may this be the first of many 40th Birthdays!
43.) 40 is when you finally get your head together but your body has other ideas. Happy birthday!
For brother
44.) You were the coolest 30-year-old I know and now you will be the coolest 40-year-old ever. Stay groovy. Happy 40th birthday!
45.) And remember you’re not 40, you’re 18 with 22 years’ experience.
46.) Happy 40th birthday! The older you get, the younger you look for your age. At this rate, you’re going to soon start getting carded at bars and casinos.
47.) The older I get the more I realize if you think about how old you are it only makes you feel older. So today don’t do too much thinking. Just be. Happy 40th…. Oops. I mean, happy birthday. That’s all.
48.) Even though you’re older than you were yesterday, you are still younger than you’ll be tomorrow. Happy 40th birthday. Make every day count, youngster.
49.) If there is one thing that’s great about turning 40, it’s this: you can blame anything and everything on having a midlife crisis. Congrats and happy birthday.
50.) Congratulations! You’re officially a grown up! They say that the first forty years of childhood are tough—kudos to you for making it through. Happy 40th birthday, to my brother who just joined adulthood.
52.) When all you say starts with "when I was younger" you know you’re in the forties. Sorry, kiddo.
For coworker
53.) You are now 20 more years until that sweet pension; 20 more years away from your unlimited vacation and freedom from work. Awesome fortieth birthday!
54.) There’s a bright side to hitting 40. It’s definitely better than the alternative — turning 41. Have a happy 40th!
55.) You’re not getting old, you are just getting better—forty years worth of better. That’s pretty amazing.
56.) Happy 40th Birthday! Your qualities of being honest and strong are inspiring! May the abundant years that await you, hold more chances to urge others to productivity!
57.) May the fact that you have multiple years to obtain what you desire embolden you! May your 40th birthday light a fire within you that can never be quenched!
58.) Holy crap! You’re how old? No way—you don’t look a day over thirty one. Have a stellar 40th!
59.) So I hear it’s your ten-year anniversary of being born – times 4. Congrats and Happy birthday!
60.) If life was a piece of cake we’d have no need to celebrate birthdays. So even though you’re forty I’m glad we can eat cake now and not feel guilty. Happy birthday.
61.) Who is that old man sitting next to me? Oh, it’s you! Happy 40th Birthday!
62.) They say the real secret to staying young is to just lie about your age. So how old are you really? I guess we’ll never know—anyway, happy 40th (air quotes) birthday.
Positive and inspirational 40th birthday messages
63.) Forty is fun, fabulous, and absolutely fantastic. It's your time in the sun. Have fun this fortieth. Indulge your sense of humor and have a great birthday!
64.) Happy birthday! Even at 40, you look half your age. You should really bottle up and sell whatever you’re doing to stay so incredibly young-looking.
65.) Life is a book and your forties are the chapters when it all starts making sense. Happy 40th birthday.
66.) On your 40th Birthday, may you honor the youthful quality that you possess of viewing life with enthusiasm and initiative!
67.) Age matters little when you make every day shine a little brighter. That’s what you’re good at doing. Happy 40th birthday to the best person I know.
68.) Let your 40th birthday consists of the vivacity that is within you! Let the sincerity and aspirations of this day persevere!
Happy 40th birthday wishes
69.) It has taken 40 years for you to mature to the point you are now. You have been aged to perfection.
70.) Turning 40 is the start of a new phase in your life! You will bring a fresh approach to all that you do, indicating that the best is yet to come!
71.) All I know is that today you are so hot you are, how should I say it…. FORTY-LICIOUS! Yeah, that’s it.
72.) 40 is a remarkable age! The way in which things take place are always fresh and without an end! May the surprises you discover always be pleasant!
73.) Turning forty is not as bad as they say – it means your awesome, cool, smart, and hip, times forty! What could be bad about that? Happy 40th!
Meaningful 40th birthday messages
74.) Turning 40 is a celebration of life, a milestone of achievements, wisdom, and adventures. Look how far you have come. Congratulations! Happy Birthday!
75.) Sure, your 30s are over. Good riddance, I say. The 40s are going to be so much better…in every way. So enjoy your 40th!
76.) I hold your 40th Birthday in the highest regard! I look forward to witnessing the countless events that I know you will be a part of where you will share your warmth, humor, and goodness!
77.) Life holds so many wonderful experiences, that they don’t stop at a particular age. On your 40th Birthday, remember that there is still so much to see, do, and wish for!
Happy 40th
78.) Every birthday contains a moment that sets the tone for that year. Your 40th birthday differentiates from all others, because there are multitudes of moments, representing how bountiful your life will be, beyond the date of your birth.
79.) Happy birthday, make your every day of your life meaningful and enjoying, take care.
80.) Your 4th decade is still a short period of time in your existence. May you use this day to envision all of the places that you wish to travel to, and believe that it is possible!
81.) By this time in your life, you have touched so many lives and led a good example to those around you. Stay bright and inspiring. Best fortieth birthday.
82.) When you turn 40, get out of your comfort zone to fulfill a dream you’ve always had. That’s how you can make your life really begin at 40.
Funny and humorous happy 40th birthday wishes
83.) 40 is not over the hill. It’s not even the top of the hill. It’s actually all uphill from here. If you don’t believe me, try running up an actual hill. Good luck!
84.) Here’s hoping you will be able to blow out all the candles on your cake, fast enough to prevent a fire! Happy 40th Birthday!
85.) Turning 40 may not get you everything you expect but it will certainly give you a spare tire around your waistline. Let the good times roll. Happy 40th birthday.
87.) On your 40th Birthday, you might feel old. You might be right.
88.) Now that you are forty, I say we screw the rules and go party! After all, your never too old to be young, right? Happy 40th to my youngest old friend.
89.) Now that you are forty what better time to knock things off your bucket list? You better do it now before you actually kick THE bucket. Happy fortieth.
Good Ones
90.) Happy 40th birthday to the oldest and wisest person that I know!
91.) Happy 40th birthday! I’m so pleased to hear you’re over the hill instead of under it.
92.) The 40s may be the new 20s, but certain things don’t change: At 20, you’re young and stupid. At 40, you think you’re young, which makes you do stupid things. Happy 40th birthday!
93.) Cheers to a riotous birthday! May the fun you have on your 40th, exceed the back aches you will get, later!
94.) It’s your 40th Birthday! Time to celebrate another year of applying icy hot to a new place!
95.) Happy birthday! At 40, your body may not always do what you want it to do but your mind is as sharp as ever. That’s why you should only exercise your mind, not your body.
40th birthday quotes
96.) At 20 years of age, the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment.
Benjamin Franklin
97.) We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it.
Jules Renard
Arthur Schopenhauer
99.) At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At 40, we don't care what they think of us. (And) at 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.
Ann Landers
100.) To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something.
Samuel Beckett
101.) If you’re 40 years old and you’ve never had a failure, you’ve been deprived.
Gloria Swanson
Male 40th birthday quotes
102.) At 40, your idea of weight lifting is standing up.
Unknown
103.) Guys are idiots, till they’re what, 40 years old.
Wes Borland
104.) At 20 I thought I knew it all. At 30 I realized I didn't. And, at 40 I realize I never will, but it's fun trying!
Unknown
105.) Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
George Bernard Shaw
106.) Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons.
Eli Cass
107.) Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
Bob Hope
108.) Life begins at 40 – but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.
Helen Rowland
109.) Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
French Proverb
110.) Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier.
Dan Bennett
Female 40th birthday quotes
111.) Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.
Christian Dior
112.) The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men.
Colleen McCullough
113.) Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty eight and forty.
James Thurber
114.) If life really begins on your 40th birthday, it’s because that’s when women finally get it… the guts to take back their lives.
Laura Randolph
115.) When I passed forty I dropped pretense, ’cause men like women who got some sense.
Maya Angelou
116.) At the age of 20, we don’t care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; and at 40, we discover that it wasn’t thinking of us at all.
Unknown
117.) Once you hit forty you start adding letters. I'm 39A this year.
Unknown
118.) The "I just woke up" face of your 30’s is the "all day long" face of your 40’s.
Libby Reid
Inspirational 40th birthday sayings
119.) Life begins at forty.
B. Pitkin
120.) Probably the happiest period in life most frequently is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.
Thomas Arnold
121.) One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it’s such a nice change from being young.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
122.) This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn’t show its age.
Cicero
Funny 40th birthday quotes
123.) Forty isn't old, if you're a tree.
124.) Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.
Dave Barry
125.) At 40, I realize that I was built for comfort, not speed.
Unknown
126.) 40 is when your body gives your brain a list of things it's not going to do anymore.
Unknown
127.) At 40, every time you suck in your gut, your ankles swell.
Unknown
128.) What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
Helen Rowland
129.) At 40, you sing along with the elevator music.
Unknown
130.) What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
Voltaire
131.) Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young
132.) Don't just count your years, make your years count.
George Meredith
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Use these happy 40th birthday messages and quotes to personalize greeting cards, send birthday text messages, or just to verbally congratulate the birthday boy or girl.
By Greg Johnson
Greg has been celebrating his 40th birthday for a few anniversaries now. He's a writer, designer and creative director.
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