Are you looking for the perfect words to celebrate someone turning 23? If so, we have you covered with this list of the best happy 23rd birthday wishes. You can pick out your favorite one and help them celebrate getting to the milestone of 23 years old. And if you are looking for messages or greetings for birthday cards, we have also included some of those too.
Our Favorite Happy 23rd Birthday Wishes
- Happy birthday to the world’s (no, the universe’s) greatest 23 year old!
- Happy 23rd birthday. Just 23 years ago, you came into our lives and changed everything…for the better. Now, 23 years later, you’re changing every day…making our lives better than ever.
- Congratulations on reaching one of life’s biggest milestones! Your future looks so bright!
- Happy 23rd birthday to someone who’s awesome at any age.
- Happy 23rd birthday, you are an amazing person and I am so lucky to be here with you right now. Enjoy each and every moment.
- May the joy that you have spread in the past come back to you on this day. Wishing you a very happy 23rd birthday!
- I’ve always looked up to you and I’m so proud of the person you have become. It’s a blessing to have you in my life.
- A wise man once said, ‘Forget about your past, you cannot change it’. I’d like to add, ‘Forget about your present, I didn’t get you one’. Happy 23rd!
- You have accomplished so much in such little time! What a role model you are for those that know you. Congratulations on reaching this incredible journey to 23. Wishing you many good things for the years ahead.
- You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. Happy 23rd birthday!
- May this 23rd year be full of love and laughter just like you bring to us every day, happy birthday!
- Happy Birthday! Here’s to a memorable day!
- I am blessed because I get to see you turn 23, I can’t believe how fast the years have passed, but I can believe you turned out to be one of the best people I know of. Cheers!
- Look at that, you’re a whole 23 years old. Hope you have a great day celebrating with all your loved ones.
- I know that the path ahead for you is bright – you deserve every success
- I hope you have a fabulous day, and be sure to eat an extra slice of cake for me!
- Wishing you a wonderful 23rd birthday, you deserve to have a great day and hope you get extremely spoilt!
- Never forget to live your life to the fullest. Happy 23rd birthday.
- Cheers to you turning 23, hope your twenties are filled with joy and success.
- Your birthday is the first day of another 365-day journey. Be the shining thread in the beautiful tapestry of the world to make this year the best ever. Enjoy the ride.
- The world is a much better place for having had you in it for the last 23 years. Here’s to wishing you many happy returns.
- All you’ve accomplished in your 23 brief years on this earth – it’s astounding!
- To this birthday and many more to come, Happy 23rd Birthday!
- It’s your 23rd birthday? Not too late to get up to some mischief!
- Forever be beautiful, inside and out. Happy 23rd birthday.
- Knowing I have you as my friend makes me smile every day. Happy 23rd birthday.
- As I checked my calendar today, I discovered that it is your birthday. There is no greater joy I could feel than seeing you become 23 years old. Happiest birthday!
- A little bird told me that you’re turning 23 today! Congratulations! I hope this very special birthday of yours is everything you hoped it would be!
- So proud of what you have achieved and what you are going to achieve. Happy 23rd birthday!
- Smart, good looking, and funny! But enough about me. Happy birthday!
- Here’s your annual reminder of how thoughtful I am – Happy 23rd Birthday!
- You’re older today than yesterday but younger than tomorrow, happy 23rd birthday!
- Happy Birthday! For your special day I made you a cake. BOOM YOU’RE A CAKE! You’re so very welcome.
- Happy 23rd birthday! I realize it sounds old, but that only makes you 23 and means you have 23 birthday wishes to make. Hope each one comes true!
- Happy 23rd birthday! Now that you’re getting older, I hope your last trip round the sun wasn’t too tiring.
- 23 looks good on you.
- Don’t grow up… It’s a trap! Oh, you did! Happy birthday, in that case!
- I spent 3 hours searching the internet for the perfect birthday message for you and then I gave up. Happy 23rd Birthday.
- Blow out the 23 candles on your birthday cake and make 23 birthday wishes. After all, you’re 23 today! Happy 23rd birthday!
- For your birthday, I wanted to give you something that was both funny and charming, but then I remembered you already have me in your life. Happy 23rd Birthday!
- Your birthday brings with it a special glow. The glow of so many candles, so hurry and blow them out!
- Just wanted to be the first one to wish you happy birthday so I can feel superior to your other well-wishers. So, happy 23rd birthday!
- You’re 23 today, so it’s time to think about your future! Just kidding! The only thing you should do now is have fun, fun, fun and fun! Happy 23rd birthday!
- I believe you forgot my birthday present last year, so now I’m returning the favor. Happy 23rd Birthday!
- You know what they say about turning 23? Old enough to know better, and young enough not to care. Enjoy it! Happy birthday!
- Friends celebrate friends on their birthdays. Real friends get you drunk on your birthday. Good thing for you I’m the second kind.
- I want you to know that we will always be here for you as you get older and wiser. But for now, enjoy being 23! Happy Birthday! We got the big cake!
- You know what they say about more candles… A bigger wish! Happy Birthday.
- Happy 23rd! Don’t worry, you don’t look a day over 22 and a half.
- Congratulations on turning 23! I hope your birthday is so great that you’ll need sunglasses to open the fridge in the morning.
- I can’t believe you are turning 23 years old. Does that mean you’re old now, or worse am I old now? Lol, just kidding, happy 23rd birthday!
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Birthday Wishes, 21st Birthday Wishes, 22nd Birthday Wishes, 24th Birthday Wishes and 25th Birthday Wishes.
Short Happy Birthday Wishes for Turning 23
- Hope your 23rd year is your favorite year so far!
- Love, kisses, and 23 birthday wishes.
- So proud of who you have become over these 23 years.
- I can’t wait to see what your future holds for you!
- Turning 23 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
- Happy 23rd birthday! You’re the best and, today, you’re even better!
- Hope your 23rd birthday is unforgettably wonderful — just like you!
- Stronger than ever on your 23rd birthday.
- Everything you have worked for begins to fall into place when you turn 23.
- I’m so proud of the grown-up you have become.
- Have a wonderful day today on your 23rd Birthday.
- How time flies – Happy 23rd Birthday.
- Sincerely wishing you life’s finest things at 23.
- May your birthday be as wonderful as you are, happy 23rd.
- Look out world, here you come!
- Hope your 23rd year is your favorite year so far!
- Happy 23rd birthday to one of my favourite humans!
- Enjoy turning 23 today – it’s all downhill from now on!
- Time to grow up! Happy Birthday.
- 23?! YOU?! I demand a recount! Happy birthday!
- 23 is a birthday worth celebrating, live it large!
- Happy birthday! Super glad you were born.
- Look out world, here you come!
Happy 23rd Birthday Messages and Greetings for Cards
- Happy birthday!! You only look as old as the last selfie you took.
- May your birthday cake be moist, and may no one use that word to describe it.
- Yesterday is gone, tomorrow is not here, so live today and enjoy the year.
- On your 23rd birthday, you deserve all of the happiness and joy that life can bring.
- You’ve really grown into such a marvellous young adult, wishing you a happy 23rd.
- A very happy 23rd birthday, I can’t wait to celebrate with you later.
- A birthday is a day to celebrate your achievements, your accomplishments, and your future.
- Sending you warm birthday wishes and a big hug on this very special day.
- This year, I wish for even more time together with the greatest person I know. Happy 23rd birthday to you, bestie!
- 23 years ago today our family changed for the better, happy birthday!
- You make us so proud, each and every single day.
- May your birthday be sprinkled with fun and laughter. Have a great day!
- 23 already? – This is big! So proud of you and all you have accomplished so far.
- I’ll bet you were hoping no one would notice you were turning 23. Well, no such luck! Happy birthday!
- You are such an amazing person, inside and out. Happy 23rd!
- 23 and amazing.
- Congratulations on being even more experienced. I’m not sure what you learned this year, but every experience transforms us into the people we are today. Happy 23rd birthday!
- Many congratulations on your 23st! Wishing you success and happiness on your very special birthday!
- Hopefully you can find a cake big enough to fit 23 candles. Happy Birthday!
- Turning 23 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
- I can’t wait to see what your future holds for you!
- Life isn’t about finding yourself – it’s about creating yourself. Happy birthday!
- As Helen Hayes says, age is not important unless you’re a cheese. Here’s a cheesy birthday wish for you, though.
- Happy birthday. It took you 23 years to look this good!
- Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you know! Congratulations on your 23rd birthday!
- Let this birthday bring peace to your soul and happiness to your heart.
- Happy Birthday. May your day be full of blessing, joy and happiness, may you get loads of presents and may everyone you love be around you.
- On this day, your birthday, I hope that each and every one of your wishes comes true.
- What does life have in store for you? An adulthood filled with joy, happiness and success is my birthday wish for you.
- Happy 23rd birthday to someone who has a truly bright future ahead of them! I hope you have a fantastic day!
- Your 23rd birthday is a special time indeed, where you’re given the key that unlocks the door to your future! I hope that the path ahead is bright and kind to you. You’re a great person who deserves the very best in life! Happy birthday and many congratulations!
- You have always inspired me. With all you’ve been through so far, you persevere and move forward. I cannot believe 23 years have gone by this fast, and I am so proud of the kind person you have turned into!
- Happy birthday. If your next 23 years are half as good as the first, you will have had a pretty amazing life.
- Happy happy 23rd birthday! Always remember that life is not about finding yourself, it’s about creating yourself. Wishing you all the best for the next chapter.
- Hooray! Jump up! Shout! Laugh! It’s your special day. Happy birthday! Live Long and Prosper!
- Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you know! Congratulations on your 23rd birthday!
- Behind you all your memories. Before you all your dreams. Around you all that love you. Within you all you need. Happy 23rd birthday!
- What goes up but never comes down? Your age. Happy 23rd birthday!
- We are so delighted to see you happy, your joy and happiness is what gladdens our heart. Happy 23rd birthday.
- Happy 23rd birthday! Hope your party is incredible in every way, with lots of birthday cake, ice cream, gifts and, most of all, fun.
- Congratulations on reaching this incredible journey to 23. Wishing you many good things for the years ahead.
- For your birthday, I just want to say: I hope you can see how special you are to me. Happy 23rd birthday!
- A wish for you on your birthday, whatever you ask may you receive, whatever you seek may you find, whatever you wish may it be fulfilled on your birthday and always. Happy birthday!
- Happy birthday! I can’t wait to see what you do with your next 23 years.
- Congratulations on your birthday! Sending you our love and good wishes.
- Wishing you a fantastic 23rd birthday, I feel blessed to have you in my life.
- So proud of who you have become over these 23 years.
- A very happy 23rd birthday, I can’t wait to celebrate with you later.
- What do you want in life? As you celebrate your birthday today, I pray you get all your heart desires. Wishing you the best year yet.
- I hope that you always remember this day because you deserve the greatest birthday!
- Wishing you a very special birthday and a wonderful year ahead!
- You’ve so many choices left to make as you turn the corner past 23. Whatever path you take, may it provide all of the happiness and success that you deserve.
- Sending you a hundred wishes so that you get everything you could hope for this birthday. Happy 23rd birthday!
- Take a deep breath and step on through. This is your new chapter. Happy 23rd Birthday!
- Happy 23st! Your future does not lay in front of you, it lies deep inside you. When life becomes a rollercoaster, climb into the front seat, throw your arms in the air and enjoy the ride.
- Enjoy your 23rd birthday to the fullest. That means getting the fullest you’ve ever been with lots of birthday cake and ice cream.
- We are so proud of you. You are a remarkable 23 year old. We love you so, so much. Happy 23rd birthday!
- Wishing you a fantastic 23rd birthday, I feel blessed to have you in my life.
- We live, we learn, we love, we smile, and sometimes, life hits us hard, but still, we try to survive. Your life has been an amazing one. Happy 23rd birthday, dear.
- We have been through thick and thin together; here I am, celebrating your 23rd birthday like it’s mine.
- Life without you would have no meaning, so take a seat, let us bring out the birthday cake, and celebrate many more years with you. Happy 23rd birthday, friend!
- Happy 23rd birthday. As you embark on the greatest adventure of your life — remember to do one thing: enjoy every second
- Turning 23 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
- Your birthday allows us to celebrate having you in our lives. Happy Birthday.
- Wishing you a wonderful 23rd birthday, you deserve to have a great day and hope you get extremely spoilt!
- Many congratulations on your 23rd! Wishing you success and happiness on your very special birthday!
- Happy birthday! I can’t wait to see what you do with your next 23 years.
- Happy 23rd Birthday. Wow, you are getting old too quick, Stop it. Just kidding.
23rd Birthday Quotes
“That’s me, Ms. 20 Something.” — SZA, “20 Something”
“The cake had a trick candle that wouldn’t go out, so I didn’t get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this, that my life could be a party just for me.” – Janet Fitch
“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” — Edward Morykwas
“That’s the funny thing about birthdays, they’re kind of an annual thing.” – Rapunzel
“Celebration is life’s frosting: isn’t frosting the very best part of the cake?” – Bethenny Frankel
“I like birthday cake. It’s so symbolic. It’s a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just ‘Happy birthday!’ because it’s this emblem of childhood and a happy day.” — Aimee Bender
“Live long and prosper.” — Mr. Spock
“My life is better with every year of living it.” — Rachel Maddow
“Why is a birthday cake the only food you can blow on and spit on and everybody rushes to get a piece?” – Bobby Kelton
“This is for them twenty somethings. Time really moves fast, you were just sixteen.” — Beyonce
“There are three hundred and fivety-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.” — Lewis Carroll
“Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!” – Nicky Gumbel
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.” — Robert Browning
“The way I see it, you should live every day like it’s your birthday.” — Paris Hilton
And there you have it, our list to help you find a 23rd birthday greeting. Hopefully you found the perfect one.
Now get out there and help them celebrate turning 23!
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Laynni Locke
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