Sending happy birthday wishes can be more challenging than it seems, thanks to those inviting yet pesky blank spaces on the birthday card. After all, how can you put into words everything you feel for your loved one? And how can everything fit in that space?
Maybe all you need is a little nudge — by way of some birthday quotes and sayings.
To help you send the perfect happy birthday wish, weve put together a list of our favorites below. Short, long, funny, sweet, weve tried to include every length and tone you and your card may be looking for!
So, take some time to browse. Use a quote or two for inspiration, or even borrow the words themselves. No matter how you decide to use them, know that you dont have to face those daunting blank spaces alone.
Birthday Quotes, Happy Birthday Wishes, and Birthday Sayings
• You dont get older, you get better.
• Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you. Happy birthday!
• “Just remember, once youre over the hill you begin to pick up speed.” – Charles Schulz
• “You know youre getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” – Bob Hope
• “A party without cake is just a meeting.” – Julia Child
• “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Dr. Seuss
• “Dont just count your years, make your years count.” – George Meredith
• “I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time Im one year older, everyone else is too.” – Gloria Swanson
• “It takes a long time to become young.” – Pablo Picasso
• Wishing you a birthday as amazing as you are!
• Cheers to another trip around the sun – happy birthday!
• Hoping your birthday is extra sweet.
• Sending you happy, dancing, confetti-popping, cake-filled birthday wishes!
• The older you get, the better you get. Unless youre a banana.
• Just like a fine wine, you get better with age.
• Wishing you a purrrrfect birthday.
• I am so happy you were born, and even happier youre in my life.
• To my dearest, sweetest, most wonderful friend – wishing you a year filled with nothing but happiness.
• Another year older, another year wiser, and another night well never remember. Happy birthday!
• Cheers to the birthday girl – drinks on me!
• HBD to my BFF
• Youre not old, youre classic.
• Dont worry, youre not getting old. You were already old a long time ago.
• May your birthday bloom with happiness!
• I hope that all of the beauty and kindness that you bring into the world comes back to you in the year ahead.
• Thank you for everything you do, for always being there, and for making my life so much brighter. Happy birthday!
• Getting older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.
Birthday Card Ideas
How frustrating is it to be writing a happy birthday wish with a pen, only to make the tiniest mistake? Pretty darn frustrating.
When you choose a design from our online birthday card collection, not only will you be able to send a beautiful and eco-friendly card, youll have the ability to erase your mistakes — write and rewrite your happy birthday wishes as many times as you need to before you hit "Send". Now your loved ones can receive the birthday wish they deserve, free of scribbles.
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Once upon a time, you had to actually remember someone’s birthday, pick them up a greeting card, write some words in it by hand, and get it in the mail well before their big day.
On the birthday girl or boy’s side, that same technology makes it easy to thank everyone for their thoughts. The day after your birthday, you can simply type out "thanks for all the birthday wishes" and broadcast the message via your medium of choice. Done and done.
Straightforward
Here are some simple and straightforward ways to say thank you to all the people who wished you a Happy Birthday.
• Thank you all for the birthday wishes. You really made my day!
• Thanks for all the birthday wishes! You made a great day even greater!
• Thanks for wishing me a Happy Birthday, everyone! It was happy indeed, thanks to you!
• Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes. You guys are the best!
• To everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday: Thank you!!! I had a great day, and hearing from all of you was one of the best parts of it!
• You rock! Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone!
• To all who posted birthday wishes… thank you so much for thinking of me!
• Thank you all for taking the time to post your birthday wishes. I loved hearing from each and every one of you!
• It was nice to hear from so many people yesterday. Thanks for making me feel special on my birthday.
• Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed hearing from so many friends.
Funny
A great way to thank people is to give them a chuckle. Here are a few humorous thank you messages.
• My thanks to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday. The rest of you are dead to me.
• To everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday: thank you so much! To everyone else: I am in the process of unfriending you.
• Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone. Hearing from you slightly lessened my despair at turning a year older.
• My thanks to everyone who congratulated me on turning a year older yesterday. To those who rubbed it in… your time is coming.
• Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes, everyone. They almost made me forget that I’m speeding toward the grave.
• Thanks for all the Happy Birthday wishes, even the ones that teased me for being so old!
• Thank you all for the birthday wishes! You made turning a year older seem a little less sucky!
• Here’s my obligatory "thanks for the birthday wishes" status. But seriously, I really do appreciate it!
• Hey everyone, your birthday wishes really meant a lot to me. Not as much as a present or cash, but a lot.
Sweet/Sincere
Finally, here are some especially sweet wording ideas. These messages are just the thing if you’re the touchy-feely type.
• Thanks for all the birthday wishes! I love you all!
• Thanks for all the kind birthday wishes! The best birthday gift is being reminded of what wonderful friends I have!
• My thanks to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday yesterday. It really meant a lot to me.
• Thank you all for making me feel like a queen on my birthday. Every single birthday wish was special to me.
• Thank you so much for the birthday wishes. Hearing from so many family members and friends makes me feel grateful for all the wonderful people in my life.
• My birthday was awesome, and that’s thanks to all the awesome people who took time to send me birthday wishes. Thank you!
• Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone. I feel blessed to have such wonderful friends and family.
• Thanks for the sweet birthday wishes, everyone. They made me feel wonderful.
• Thank you all for the beautiful Happy Birthday wishes. You made my day extra-special.
• Gosh, you all make me feel so special. Thank you for your kind birthday wishes!
• Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. You guys are simply the best!
Of course, another great way to thank people for wishing you a Happy Birthday is to return the favor. Check out our birthday section for unique birthday messages of all kinds.
Saying a quick thanks for birthday wishes
• Thank you for so much love on my birthday!
• Thank you for always being there for me in the last year
• To all of you, thanks so much for wishing me a happy birthday.
• Thanks so much for the birthday card.
• Thank you so much for the lovely card on my birthday!
To say thank you for other occasions, how about these sayings:
• Thanks to everyone who congratulated me!
• Just, thank you. You know what for.
• Thank you very, very much.
• Thank you so much for wishing me the best, it means a lot.
• Thank you so much for all the heartfelt congratulations.
Some of these are best suited for sending to individuals. But in any case, technology today tends to allow you to send a personalized reply to several messages at the same time. After all, group chats are part of everyday life nowadays, and you can reach many of your friends quickly and easily this way. Alternatively, try MyPostcard to send one personalized card design and message to multiple postal addresses.
Loving messages as thank-yous for the congratulations
But we also have some great longer and more affectionate messages to help you say thank you for the birthday wishes. So if a short saying doesn't quite express what you're feeling, then perhaps a longer version is better.
Show how appreciative you are for the birthday wishes with these messages:
• Thank you for wishing me a happy birthday, and thank you for always being there for me. You are a wonderful person for thinking of me, and I love you so much.
• I had a wonderful birthday – and not least because of you and all your lovely good wishes! Thank you for that, you beautiful people!
• Thank you to all the people who wished me happy birthday yesterday and today. I was over the moon, thanks everyone!
• I was pretty chuffed about all the nice wishes for my birthday. I'm going to take them as an encouragement to approach the next year of my life with optimism.
• The celebration on the occasion of my birthday was simply wonderful, and I enjoyed it very much. I would like to thank you very much for that.
Here are some more loving sayings for all other possible occasions:
• Thank you for all the heartfelt congratulations. You are all amazing people and friends, and I am so happy to have you in my life.
• I would like to thank you very much for the kind birthday wishes. It gave me a lot of pleasure to read them all and to hold them close to my heart. I would like to thank you all so much for the kind words. Reading them made me super happy!
• I just wanted to say thank you for your lovely message. You are such an important part of my life and I know I can always rely on you.
• Thank you for everything: for the awesome message, the way you think, your help and your trust in me. Thank you for being you!
• A big thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes! I had a lot of fun reading your sweet, funny and cute words.
Of course, you are completely free to change these sayings according to your own circumstances and who you're talking to. For example, you can add your own words to give them a personal touch. Your recipients be even happier to see how much effort you've put in.
Funny ways to say thanks for the birthday wishes
You can also say thank you in a funny or humorous way to keep the mood light. Perhaps you've received particularly funny birthday wishes and would like to respond in kind.
Funny messages for saying thank you for birthday wishes:
• On my birthday, I always seem to have a lot of friends… Because of you lovely people, I always feel about half as old. Thanks for that and for the lovely birthday wishes!
• Thanks for all the birthday wishes and for thinking of me. And to those who forgot: Shame on you!
• Thank you for all the birthday wishes! But if only you had wished I'd stop aging instead. Tanks anyway, I guess, you guys are the best!
• I was so overwhelmed by all your birthday wishes that I had to reach for more than one alcoholic beverage… It's made me feel very aware of my age today!
• Age is something you can enjoy or regret. I regret getting older, but I enjoy knowing people like you. Huge thanks for everything!
More humorous ideas for saying thanks for birthday wishes:
• Saying thank you is not difficult, but getting through my hangover today, on the other hand, is!
• I want to thank everyone for the heartwarming good wishes yesterday – even if I can't remember all of them in detail for some inexplicable reason!
• A heartfelt thanks to everyone who wished me a great birthday at my party! I would have wished for equal commitment with the cleaning up afterwards! 😉
These funny sayings and ideas are ideal to keep up the good mood after an awesome party. In this way, you can also show off your humorous side, and give everyone a laugh or two.
Conclusion: It's important to say thank you properly for good wishes
In today's fast-paced world, it's all too easy to forget to say thank you. Particularly when you've received many heartfelt birthday wishes, it's important to acknowledge your friends, acquaintances and relatives with an appropriate "Thank You" message. Our short, affectionate and funny messages are perfect for this purpose.
Our tip: Simply use one of our sayings as the basis and then add your own words. This will give your thank you note a uniquely personal touch.
Thank You for Birthday Wishes
Thank You For Birthday Wishes
Thank you for the loving birthday wishes! You never cease to impress me.
Your wishes made my birthday so special. I'm so happy. Keep me in your prayers.
Thank you for wishing me on my birthday. Your words will forever be cherished in my heart.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Your blessings mean a lot to me.
Thanks for sending me such a sweet birthday wish. Sending you love from the core of my heart!
Thank you for your wonderful birthday wish! Thanks for being a part of the celebration.
Thank you for the all the time and effort you gave to wish me happy birthday!
Thank you everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes. Your warm words made me happy beyond measure.
The warmth of your wish truly melted my heart. Among all the greetings that I received, yours will stand out to be the one that touched my soul. Thank you!
I thank each and everyone for being around me on my special day. Thanks for celebrating my birthday.
Thank you for greeting me in the sweetest way possible. Lots of love for you too!
Thank you for showing up on my birthday, and thanks for your lovely wish, but where is my gift?
Your gift was just as beautiful as your birthday wishes for me. Thank you so much for this priceless item. I really loved it.
I was truly happy to have you at my birthday party. Your birthday wishes made my day!
I was truly overwhelmed by the gravity of your wish. Thank you for blessing me on my birthday!
Your kind greetings and wonderful gestures will always remain a sweet birthday memory for me. Thank you for wishing me!
Thank you so much for the wish. Please don’t spend your money on buying gifts for me. Donate me directly!
Your participation alone was enough to cheer me up on my special day. So happy for all your wishes!
Without your presence, the day would never be a memorable one. Thank you for greeting me and making me smile!
Birthday Wishes from the people who care for you is just like – "God blessing you with a million-dollar cheque". With these Wishes, one could live a long time.
I would like to say a massive thank you for all the wishes, messages, cards, presents, surprises, and gifts that I received today.
Thank you to everyone that came to see me and making my birthday really special.
Thank you all for making my birthday so special and reminding me that so many wonderful people love and remember me!
Just like how food remains tasteless without salt, my birthday celebrations would have been incomplete without your wishes. Thanks for being the SALT in my life.
Thank you for the birthday wishes you have sent me; I just want you to know that it was highly appreciated and that I find it awesome.
Ladies and gentlemen, thanks so very much for your birthday wishes. Above all, I thank the Almighty God for taking me this far from very far.
Money and gifts can buy almost everything – except the love of friends like you. Thanks for your sweet wishes on my birthday.
Celebrating my party was full of fun. It was all because my loved ones surround me. Thanks for being part of it.
No matter how old we get, we’ll always need the support of our friends. Thank you once again, my love, for being with me on my birthday.
Birthday wishes from everyone who cares for me is like Gold blessing me with all his love! Thank you all for your wonderful wishes.
I would like to thank those who greet me with a Happy Birthday on my special day. I do appreciate the thoughts and effort. Thank you very much!
On a normal basis, you guys always mistreat me. I am surprised that I had a royal treatment on my birthday! Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Thank You Everyone For The Birthday Wishes
Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Your warm greetings filled my heart with so much joy and love.
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. You people are so special to me.
Hey everyone, thank you all for your sweet wishes on my birthday. It's truly a matter of great luck to have people like you.
Thank you all so much for the special attention, love, and warm wishes on my birthday.
Thank you everyone. I appreciate the birthday wishes you sent me. Pardon me if I fail to reply to you all at a time.
Thank you all for your amazing love, support, and hearty wishes on my birthday. You all are truly amazing!
Special thanks to you all for wishing me and celebrating my birthday. I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.
My birthday celebration would have never been this enjoyable without those heartfelt wishes from you all. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for Birthday Wishes To Family
You all are my everything. I'm happy to have such a beautiful family. Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!
You all made my birthday celebration so special. Thank you so much for being so kind and caring.
Hearty thanks to my family for all the blessings and love on my birthday.
You people are the best. Your heartwarming wishes made me feel like the favorite child of this family. Thanks.
Thanks for helping me to enjoy my birthday to the fullest. I'm grateful to have you all as my family.
Thanks a lot for your heartwarming birthday wishes. Your words always inspire me. I appreciate your guidance and value your caring attitude.
Thanks for Birthday Wishes To Best Friend
Thank you bestie for making my birthday worth remembering. I'm grateful to have you as my best friend.
You and your friendship are my life's precious gift. I couldn’t ask for anything special. Thanks for wishing me on my birthday.
Thanks for celebrating my birthday. You made it amazingly wonderful. I'm touched by your words and action.
Thanks for remembering my birthday and for those warm wishes. You will always be special to me.
I know I have you in everything. That's what makes us best friends forever. Thanks for your birthday greetings.
I got a lot of birthday texts, but your one was the best birthday message I've ever received! Thanks.
I feel so humbled and lucky with everything you did to cheer me up on my birthday. Thank you, every beautiful people out there.
Each and every wish I had received made me feel the happiest person in the world. I can never thank you all enough!
I could never wish for anything more. Thank you for your lovely wishes and your valuable time.
Thank You Text for Birthday Wishes
Thank you so much for your sweet words on my birthday. I want you to know that you are one of the people who matter the most to me.
Your words melted my heart and inspired me a lot. I want to thank you from the deepest corner of my heart for such a wonderful wish!
Some words can really touch our heart at the core because those who speak them speak it right from their own heart. Thank you for your beautiful birthday wish.
Some people are good with words, some are good in heart. You are good at both. Thank you, my dear, for the amazing birthday wish!
Anyone can say good things about anyone. But when it comes to learning the truth about myself, I count on you. Because you speak the truth, and you speak it from your heart. Thank you!
I do not doubt that with all your sweet wishes, this year is going to be awesome for me. Thank you for the birthday greetings!
We’ve known each other since childhood, and I knew no one could ever wish me so perfectly than you. Thank you for never disappointing me!
I could never get tired of the words you used in your birthday wish. Thank you, dear!
You made me feel like the child that received birthday gifts for the first time ever in life. Thank you so much!
No matter how old I am, your words always make me feel like a child on his 5th birthday. Thank you for the warm wish.
Funny Thank You Messages for Birthday Wishes
Thank you for your warm and heartfelt birthday wishes. You should thank me for the delicious cake, too.
Thanks a lot for wishing me on my birthday. A gift would be nice besides those sweet birthday texts.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for those warm birthday wishes. You have proved that you aren’t jealous of me neither of my age.
Take my love and thanks for your wishes. I'm really surprised! You should take care of your grammar sense.
If you just didn’t remember it was my birthday yesterday, I’d be saved from throwing a party for 20 stupid friends, including you. Thank you anyway!
I was thinking of hiring a comedian to make my guests laugh. Then I changed my mind and invited you to the party. It paid off well, I guess. And Thank you for the wish, of course.
You didn’t have to wish me a day before my birthday to show your eagerness for a treat. Anyway, I loved the wish you sent!
Your birthday greeting was good, but your grammar skills are bad. However, you deserve a thank you for the first one!
Most of the things you did at the party were inappropriate and wrong, except that you got my birth date right in the first place. Thank you for that.
Your astounding ability to make birthday wishes using the garbage words from your own dictionary made me feel old and useless. Thank you!
I have just received a wonderful birthday wish from you. Thank you, my friend, for your wonderful words. I really hope you did it for free.
While everyone was busy making me feel old with their words and wishes, you were busy forwarding the same message you sent me last year. Thank you for making me feel one year younger.
Thank You Messages for Birthday Gift
I want to thank you for your wonderful gift. I have received a few mention-worthy gift items, but yours is a special one.
Only someone so wise as you could buy something of such perfection. Your birthday gift was extraordinary. Thank you from the core of my heart!
I have no words to thank you for the birthday gift! I just want to say “it was marvelous!" and made me so much happy. Thank you, dear.
Gifts that we buy for people express a lot about our tastes and choices. I want you to know that you really are a man of taste. Thank you!
Your birthday gift made me cry in joy. God knows how much I was looking for something like this. Thank you, my dear, for the priceless gift.
Thank you dear for the amazing birthday gift you gave me on my special day. It made my birthday more special. You are smart, generous, and too creative at heart. Thanks again.
You are a master at producing unique gifting ideas. You just combine my need, attraction, and expectation into one thing. How could it possible to fix it all in one? A big hearty thanks to you!
Your gift turned my birthday into a CELEBRATION from an OCCASION. In a word, the birthday gift was just AWESOME. Why not? When it is from the KING of GIFTING. Thanks a lot!
To find a gift for girls is not an easy task. You overcome such difficulties. LoL! However, I am feeling so much glad about your gift. Thank you so much for the birthday gift.
Oh Dear! You choose the appropriate gift for me. I am so happy. Your gift makes me smile. Thank you so much for the birthday gift. You’re the best.
The birthday gift was wow! I can't express my happiness in words! It makes me feel so much glad. I am humbled and grateful to you for the gift!
I don't know what I should say to you about the birthday gift. I just wanna say, “it was marvelous! It seems that the gift is made only for me. Thanks a lot, dear!
OMG! The gift you sent for me was just “WoW”! I am in love with the birthday gift you gave me. And so my friend, you deserve a treat from me. Thanks a lot.
You have no idea how happy I am now! In my mind, I was searching for such kind of things as you bring! Thanks a lot for this gift on my birthday.
The birthday gift was just awesome! It makes me so happy. Thank you so much. And I am bound to say that your choice is indefectible and perfect. Really grateful to you dear.
At the end of the day when I uncovered the pack, it was just incredible! You make my day. My heart is still smiling. Thank you so much for the birthday gift.
Colour is an important matter for gifting. And you pick out the perfect color. It was my favorite color and I am so happy with the gift. Thanks for the birthday gift.