235 Happy Birthday Wishes For Friends, Family, And Everyone In Between

When a friend or family member has a birthday, writing just the right birthday wish or message in their birthday card will make the day extra special. Birthday wishes can go a long way toward helping a loved one know how you think about them by making them feel important and loved. Our collection of birthday messages ranges from funny to profound and lighthearted to an expression of love. Here, find the right words to express your Happy Birthday wishes to all the special people in your life.

Best Happy Birthday Wishes For Everyone

• Happy Birthday! Another year, and you're just getting sweeter.
• You look ageless, grow wiser and get more fun every year. Happy Birthday.
• It's your special day—the day you get a free dessert at a restaurant in exchange for being stared at by everyone in the place!
• I can't wait to celebrate with you tonight. Happy Birthday!
• Happy Birthday! I want to make a toast to you—when can we meet up for drinks on me?
• I know you hate surprises, so I'll just tell you now: I want to celebrate with you; when can we meet?
• Older, wiser, and you don't look a day over 25! Happy Birthday!
• I love you for so many reasons, and today you're giving me an excuse to eat cake, so it's really over the top. Happy Birthday!
• Remember, calories don't count on your birthday, hangovers evaporate, you can miss work deadlines, and your kids can take care of themselves.
• You're incredible, and my greatest wish is to be more like you. (I know you're supposed to get the wish today, but I cheated!)
• I think today should be a national holiday, but until they make that official, let's just do our best by eating cake, drinking champagne, and blowing off as many responsibilities as possible.
• YOU are a person who deserves to be celebrated. Happy Birthday…and many more!
• It's your birthday! It's a big deal! I know you haven't invited all the neighborhood kids over for a party or anything, but I think we could track down a piñata if we really tried. Okay, kidding, but let's do something special!
• Remember, you get a birthday WEEK, not just one day. But today's extra special, and I hope you're showered with gifts, attention, and cake!
  

Birthday Wishes For Mom

• I can't express how much you mean to me, Mom. I'm so thankful for you every day. Happy Birthday!
• Everything I like about myself, I learned from you. Thank you for being my role model, Mom. Happy Birthday!
• I take comfort in the fact that you'll always be older than me—even if people think we're sisters! Happy Birthday, Mama!
• I owe you a lot of cakes—today, I start attempting to pay up! See you later at the party, Mom, and Happy Birthday!
• There aren't enough words to tell you what you mean to me. You'll just have to settle for Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Dad

• Words are not enough to express how much you've done for me, Dad. I love you very much. Happy Birthday!
• Happy Birthday, Dad. You always made me feel so special, and I hope you know how much you mean to me. I love you!
• My best qualities came from watching you. Thank you for being an example of the best way to live, Dad. Happy Birthday!
• I can never beat the parties you threw for me, but I can try—see you later at the party, Dad. Happy Birthday!
• Remembering the good times we've had makes me want to celebrate with you even more! Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Grandparents

• Happy Birthday, Grandma! Wishing you the very best health and happiness, not just today but always! I love you!
• You are so graceful, kind, and loving, Grandma. Wishing you the very, very best on your special day. Happy Birthday!
• Grandma, thank you for being the glue that holds us all together. Here’s to another year of fun and joy shared with family, friends, and loved ones. Happy Birthday to you!
• Cheers to the wisest and kindest man in all of our lives! Happiest of birthdays, Grandpa!
• Grandpa, your wisdom lights our family and fills our hearts. Thank you for being our rock. We hope your special day is filled with love and blessings. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Son

• Happy Birthday, son! You make me proud every single day.
• I'm so proud of the man you've become; I could not be happier to be your mother. I hope you have a wonderful day!
• Celebrate! Enjoy today, and be so, so happy. (And maybe go a little easy on the beer…sorry, I had to.)
• Son, you've made me prouder than I ever could have imagined. I'm celebrating you today, and I hope you are, too!
• I can't help but remember you as a little boy today, but I'm also so impressed by the man you're becoming. You are handsome, kind, and disciplined, and I am so proud of you. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Daughter

• Happy Birthday to a wonderful daughter. I'm so proud of you every day, and I hope today is magical for you!
• Well, the hours of labor were definitely worth it—I could not be prouder of you and amazed by what you're doing with your life.
• Happy Birthday to my little girl! You're a woman now, but today I remember your little pigtails and funny comments to your dad and me. I hope you have a happy day!
• Today is your birthday, the anniversary of the greatest joy I've ever known coming into my life. I love you, dear, and I'm so proud of you.
  
• Watching you grow into the woman that you are has been the joy of my life. Have a wonderful birthday.

Birthday Wishes For Sister

• Happy birthday, Sis! I'm glad we're past the days of pulling hair and fighting over cake!
• You're so beautiful and wise and kind…guess it runs in the family! Happy Birthday, sister!
• I miss you every day, but especially today. I wish we could hit the town, get some drinks and do some shopping, but can we take a rain check until the next time I see you? Today, I hope you feel special and celebrated!
• Consider this your ticket to drinks on me—I can't wait to see you, Sis! Happy Birthday!
• Remember those times we laughed until we cried? I cannot wait to do it again! Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Brother

• I was always mom's favorite, but I guess you're okay. Happy Birthday, bro!
• You're my big brother, and I still look up to you. Thank you for always being there for me. I hope you have a great birthday!
• I'm so proud of the man that you are, and I'm glad you're my brother. Happy Birthday!
• Who knew all those years when you tormented me that someday I'd be glad to have you in my life? But I really am! Happy Birthday to the very best brother and a very good man!
• You still can't beat me at Monopoly, but maybe this year I will let you win. Happy Birthday!
  

Birthday Wishes For Niece

• You are the sweetest niece ever, and I love spending time with you. I hope you have a happy day today!
• I'm ready to be the cool aunt who spoils you on your big day, so think about what you want to do today! Happy Birthday!
• I'm older and wiser, so listen to me when I say—have fun and enjoy yourself today!
• Let's go to a fancy dinner to celebrate someday this week, just you and me. I want to give you your gift! Happy birthday!
• I hope your day is as beautiful as you are--Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Nephew

• You're the best nephew in the world, and I love hanging out with you. Have a great day today!
• I'm ready to be the cool aunt who gets you something your parents disapprove of, so let me know what that will be. Happy Birthday!
• Let me give you some advice from your old and wise aunt—have so much fun today!!! Happy Birthday!
• Consider this one coupon for whatever action movie your mom refuses to see with you. Happy Birthday to my favorite nephew!
• A night on the town is clearly in order! Let's celebrate YOU!

Birthday Wishes For Cousin

• Happy Birthday, cuz! I hope you have the greatest day!
• Happy Birthday to the one person I could always count on to make family gatherings more bearable. I hope you have fun today!
• I'm so glad we're related! I hope you have an amazing day today, and I look forward to seeing all the details on Facebook!
• You're not just my cousin; you're my friend, too. I'm so thankful for you! Happy birthday!
• I always miss you on your birthday! Celebrate like I'm there!

Birthday Wishes For Sister-in-Law

• You might be the first thing my brother, and I ever agree on—we both think you're fantastic. I hope you have a wonderful day!
• I feel so, so lucky to have you in my life. Who knew when I got a sister-in-law, I'd also be getting a friend. I hope you have the happiest of birthdays!
• Thanks for putting up with our crazy family—you deserve all the gifts! Happy Birthday!
• I gift you two new stories you can use to embarrass my brother. Happy Birthday!
• I am so happy you are a part of my family. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Brother-in-Law

• I'm so thankful my sister picked you to spend her life with; I hope you have a Happy Birthday!
• I'm so happy that we're not just family but can all be friends. Very glad you're in our lives—Happy Birthday!
• You put up with our quirky family, so we know you're pretty much a superhero. Happy Birthday!
• I hope you have a great day filled with beer, cake, and no one making you watch a romantic comedy!
• What do you call a brother-in-law with a birthday? The most important guy in the room! Hope your day rocks!
  

Happy Birthday Wishes For Friends

• I'm so glad you never act your age—let's have some fun tonight!
• I won't say your age because then I'll have to admit my age, but it doesn't matter because we don't look it anyway, right? Happy Birthday my friend!
• You may not be older than me, but we both know you're wiser. Happy Birthday!
• So, how do you actually look YOUNGER every year? I need your secrets! Happy Birthday!
• A hangover is tomorrow's problem—today, it's your birthday! Let's celebrate!
• How about I do errands for you today, and you just hang out in a coffee shop and drink a cappuccino? I have a few hours open later—it'll be my gift to you!
• You're a wonderful person, and you're looking gorgeous, too. Here's to many more years of defying gravity!
• Happy Birthday! Let's take advantage of all the free stuff you get on your birthday—here's a list to get us started!
• A toast to you, birthday girl!
• Here's hoping you hear your husband say, "I have a present for you—and it's jewelry!"
• I'm thinking of you today. I'm so thankful you're in my life, and I hope you have a very special birthday!
• Happy Birthday, friend! Let's set a date for cake this week.

Romantic Birthday Wishes

• Although your birthday only comes once a year, my love for you will last forever. Today is your special day. I am glad we are spending it together.
• I hope your birthday is as incredible as my love is for you. You are very special to me and deserve an even more special day.
• There are not enough words in the dictionary to express how much you mean to me and how much I love you. Life is better with you. You complete every missing part of me. Happy Birthday, my angel. I love you very much.
• It doesn't matter where you are or what you are doing. What matters is who you are. I love who you are. Happy Birthday!
• Congratulations to your parents to have given birth to such a beautiful person many years ago on this day. Your birthday reminds me that you are the only person I want to spend my life with. Happy Birthday!
• No matter how many birthday cake candles you've got lit, they'll never light up my life as you do. Have a good one!
• I can't put a price on our memories, but I can make them better by adding a few more to the pile! Happy Birthday, love!
• Every day with you is one grand celebration filled only with beautiful moments. I love you, baby. Happy Birthday!
• You're why I enjoy the taste of fine wine, the smell of fresh flowers, and the flavors of the best food. Life is good because of you. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Husband

• Your love for me makes me strong, and I cannot help but be so grateful for you. Let's celebrate!
• Happy Birthday to the best husband I could ever hope to have. I'm so proud of you, and I hope we can make today really special!
• Thank you for putting up with all my to-do lists and for always being there for me. Let's make today special as we celebrate YOU!
• Today, your wish is my command! I'm making your favorite dinner, we'll have some cake, and let's make today the best day ever. Happy Birthday!
• I'm so thankful I get to be your wife. You are strong, loving, brave, and kind, and I hope you have the most wonderful birthday yet!

Birthday Wishes For Wife

• Happy Birthday to the most wonderful wife a man could ask for. I'm so lucky to have you, and I feel that every day.
• I want you to know that I see everything you do for me every day, and they mean so much to me. Thank you for working so hard to create a beautiful life for us. I hope I can make this day beautiful for you.
• Your wish is my command today, sweetheart. I can't wait to take you out to dinner later. Happy Birthday!
• I am so blessed to spend my life with such a wonderful woman. You are the most amazing wife and mother I've ever seen, and I love spending time with you. Happy Birthday, Honey!
• When you're on my mind, I can't help but smile. On your birthday, I smile all day!

Birthday Wishes For Girlfriend

• Happy Birthday to the best girlfriend ever! Let's make today special…and take some good Instagram pics to make everyone jealous.
• Happy Birthday! I know things are new for us, but I'm enjoying being with you, and I think we have a bright future. But today, let's celebrate our present—with presents!
• I'm so lucky and happy to have you in my life. Happy Birthday to the girlfriend who makes all my friends jealous!
• I want to make today special for you—I can't wait for dinner tonight! Happy Birthday!
• I love you, and I'm so happy we found each other. Let's celebrate you today! Yay!

Birthday Wishes For Boyfriend

• Happy Birthday to the best boyfriend ever! Let's get some beers and celebrate!
• Happy Birthday! I know our relationship is pretty new, but I'm really enjoying having fun and seeing where things go for us. I hope today is great!
• I'm so thankful you're in my life. Happy Birthday to the boyfriend everyone wishes they had!
• I love you, and I'm so grateful you're my boyfriend. Now, let's celebrate!
• I always want to celebrate who you are, and your birthday makes that even more special.

Birthday Wishes For Co-Workers

• Because you were born, we get to eat cake today!
• Happy Birthday to one of the people who makes coming to work every day worth it!
  
• The best days are when you eat cake in the middle of the day—so thanks for having a birthday!
• I personally think we should have a company holiday today to celebrate your greatness, but corporate didn't go for it. Happy Birthday anyway!
• May this birthday be a reflection of your aspirations and accomplishments.
• Warmest birthday greetings to an outstanding individual. Our team wouldn't be the same without you!
• Cheers to you! I sincerely hope it's a remarkable day.
• If your co-workers are like your family, you'd be my annoying big brother. But Happy Birthday anyway!

Funny Birthday Wishes, Puns, And Jokes

• They say "what goes up must come down," but that doesn't apply to age.
• Birth is very shocking. Right after I was born, I was so surprised I didn't talk for almost two years!
• Always be specific when asking for jewelry for your birthday. Otherwise, you might get a deck of playing cards if you ask for diamonds.
• Q: Why does cake feel embarrassed by ice cream? A: Because ice cream is so much cooler.
• Q: Why does birthday cake need a pick-me-up? A: Because it's always feeling crummy.
• Q: Why are pickles so good at celebrating birthdays? A: Because when something is a big dill, they really know how to relish it.
• Q: What did Jenny's favorite teddy bear say when she offered him a slice of birthday cake? A: "No thanks, I'm stuffed."
• Q: What's the one thing you can always count on getting every birthday? A: Older.
• Q: What does every birthday end with? A: Y
• Q: What did the little ghost ask the mommy ghost to make for his birthday? A: "I Scream" cake.

Short And Sweet Birthday Messages

• Wishing you a birthday as perfect as you are for me. Enjoy your day to the fullest!
• Age is just a number!
• Hoping your day is as special as you are!
• Sending you a bouquet of happiness on your birthday!
• May your birthday be as unforgettable as you are every day! Happy Birthday!
• Here's to another year of good health and happiness. I hope it's a great day!
• You make the world a better place every day. Happy Birthday!
• Sending love and hugs on your big birthday!
• Close your eyes and make a wish. Someone as special as you deserves for it to come true!
• May your birthday be filled with smiles and cake. Wishing you the best!
• Today is all about you, and I couldn't think of anyone who deserves it more!
• Cheers to the wisest man we know. Happy Birthday!
• Celebrating another year of you! Warmest wishes on your special day!

Funny Birthday Quotes

• "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." — Lucille Ball
• "You know you're old when the candles cost more than the cake." — Bob Hope
• "There is still no cure for the common birthday." ― John Glenn
• "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age." — Robert Frost
• "Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative." — Maurice Chevalier
• "Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest." — Larry Lorenzoni
• "I'm 60 years of age. That's 16 Celsius." — George Carlin
• "I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do." — Phyllis Diller
• "You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely." -Ogden Nash
• "The older you get the better you get. Unless you are a banana." -Betty White
• "Looking fifty is great – if you're sixty." - Joan Rivers
• "Inside evert older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened." -Terry Pratchett

Inspirational Birthday Quotes

• "The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." — Oprah Winfrey
• "God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well." — Voltaire
• "There are two great days in a person's life—the day we are born, and the day we discover why." — William Barclay
• "A birth date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life." — Amit Kalantri
• "It's not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams." — Gabriel G. Marquez
• "Age is opportunity no less than youth itself." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• "You don't get older, you get better." -Shirley Bassey
• "Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift." -Aretha Franklin

Birthday Quotes For A Friend

• "Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old." — Franz Kafka
• "The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been." — Madeleine L'Engle
• "The years teach much which the days never knew." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• "It takes a long time to become young." — Pablo Picasso
• "Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art." — Eleanor Roosevelt
• "Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake." — Edward Morykwas
• "Everything I know I learned after I was 30." — Georges Clemenceau
• "The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything." — Oscar Wilde
• "The way I see it, you should live everyday like it's your birthday." - Paris Hilton

Birthday Quotes For Daughter

• "Today, you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" — Dr. Seuss
• "I think, at a child's birth if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity." — Eleanor Roosevelt
• "The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious." — Martin Luther
• "Very few people do anything creative after the age of 35. The reason is that very few people do anything creative before the age of 35." — Joel Hildebrand
• "In other words, live vicariously, beautifully, and excitedly, discover, love, dare, and act as there is nothing to lose." -Andy Hertz

Birthday Quotes For Sister

• "We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be." — Lauren Hutton
• "We turn not older with years, but newer every day." — Emily Dickinson
• "After all, tomorrow is another day." — Margaret Mitchell
• "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." — C.S. Lewis
• "After 30, a body has a mind of its own." — Bette Midler
• "We are always the same age inside." — Gertrude Stein
• The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the ages you've been." -Madeleine L'Engle

Birthday Quotes For Mom

• "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." — Einstein
• "Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time." — Jean-Paul Richter
• "One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them." — Virginia Woolf
• "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." — Mark Twain
• "None are as old as those who have outlived enthusiasm." — Henry David Thoreau

Birthday Quotes For Son

• "Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young." — Fred Astaire
• "All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much." — George Harrison
• "It is never too late to be what you might have been." — George Eliot
• "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing." — Oliver Wendell Holmes
• "At 20 years of age, the will reigns; at 30, the wit; and at 40, the judgement." — Benjamin Franklin

Birthday Quotes For Husband

• "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be!" — Robert Browning
• "Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age." — Booth Tarkington
• "Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter." — Satchel Paige
• "If you are pining for youth, I think it produces a stereotypical old man because you only live in memory. You live in a place that doesn't exist. Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been." — David Bowie
• "A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." — John Barrymore

Birthday Quotes For Dad

• "With mirth and laughter, let old wrinkles come." — William Shakespeare
• "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." — Henry Ford
• "Age is a high price to pay for maturity." — Tom Stoppard
• "The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down." — T.S. Eliot
• No wise man ever wished to be younger." -Jonathan Swift

Birthday Blessings And Bible Verses

• "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." — Psalm 90:12
• "The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands." — Psalm 138:8
• "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." — Psalm 139:14
• "I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him." — Ecclesiastes 3:14
• "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." — Isaiah 43:19
• "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" — Jeremiah 29:11
• "When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me." — I Corinthians 13:11
• "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." — Philippians 1:6
  

Belated Birthday Wishes

• I'd love to hear all about what I missed. How was your birthday?
• I wanted to stand out from the pack, so I thought I'd wish you a happy birthday a few days late. Oh, okay, I just messed up and forgot. I'm sorry!
• I hope your day was so very happy—I feel terrible that I didn't reach out on the actual day, but I'd love to make up for it. How's lunch this week?
• Whoops! You know me—a little flighty sometimes. Sorry, I missed your special day, but I wanted to wish you a very happy belated birthday today!
• I missed the important day, but I remember the important thing—that I love you and think you're amazing! Happy belated birthday!
• Oh no, I spaced out and missed your birthday! I'm back down to earth now, and I want to say I hope your day was oh so happy!
• I have absolutely no good reason for missing your birthday. I just blanked! So sorry, and I hope your day was fantastic.
  
• I bring belated tidings of good cheer—sorry I missed your birthday! Can I make up for it by buying you a drink?
• Bad news: I forgot to wish you a happy birthday. Good news: This means I owe you a post-birthday cake! I hope you had a happy day!

Inspirational Birthday Wishes

• Today day marks the moment you entered the world, and it's a better place for it. Happy birthday!
• You are the light in our lives, and you bring us so much joy and happiness. For all that and more, we are so thankful. Happy birthday!
• Celebrating another year with a very special person. You remind us every day what makes life enjoyable, so I hope today is your most enjoyable yet. Happy birthday!
• Wishing you a year full of strength and confidence. You deserve nothing but the best in life! Happy birthday!
• Sending you wishes for good friends, good health, and a good life ahead on your special day.
• Happy birthday! You have been an inspiration for everyone you have ever met since day one.
• Happy birthday to the person who puts others before herself/himself every single day. I hope we can give you back a little of the love you show us daily. We love you!
• You have brought so much joy to so many people's lives. I hope that joy fills you back up today and every day this year. Happy birthday!

Birthday Wishes For Social Media

• Remember, the more candles, the bigger the wish!
• How do you manage to look younger every year—even without a filter!
• Today's your birthday! Make a wish!
• Happy birthday...save me some cake!
• Wishing you a day filled with love and laughter! Happy birthday!
• I have a feeling this year is going to be the very best yet! Cheers to you!
• Sending you endless hugs and kisses on your birthday! XOXO
• It's time for another year of amazing adventures and unforgettable moments. Happy birthday!
• Best day ever! HBD!
• You're not older...you're leveling up!

Text Message Birthday Wishes

• HBD to my favorite partner in crime!
• Happy birthday to my oldest friend…who really isn't that old, because what would that say about me?
• I'd love to hug you, but since this is on the Internet, I'll have to hope it's the thought that counts. I hope you have a happy day!
• Happy, happy, happy, happy birthday! So glad you're doing so well!
• Consider this a coupon for a free drink next time we see each other!
• You're looking beautiful on your big day—and every other day, too! Hope you have a happy day!
• I hope your day is filled with friends, family, fun, and celebration!