100 Short Happy 31st Birthday Quotes and Wishes for that Time to Celebrate Aesthetic

It’s birthday time and every 31st birthday needs the perfect short happy 31st birthday quotes or wishes for when it is time to celebrate. We have made a list of the best 31st birthday sayings so we have you covered. Whether it’s your own birthday or a friend’s, these quotes for turning 31 can help, especially if you’re at loss for words.

Short Happy 31st Birthday Quotes for Instagram

“Today is the oldest you have been, and the youngest you will ever be. Make the most of it!” – Nicky Gumbel

“At 30 you finally start to catch up on those dreams you’ve been chasing for the last 10 plus years.” — Bonidette Lanz

“At 20 years of age, the will reigns; at 30, the wit; and at 40, the judgment.” — Benjamin Franklin

“That’s the funny thing about birthdays, they’re kind of an annual thing.” – Rapunzel

“Thirty was so strange for me. I’ve had to come to terms with the fact that I’m now a walking and talking adult.” — C.S. Lewis

“The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.” — Hervey Allen

“Everything I know I learned after I was 30.” — Georges Clemenceau

“Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.” — Sammy Hagar

“Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.” — Ausonius

“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” — Steven Wright

“There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know.” — Lewis Carroll

“The excess of our youth are checks written against our age, and they are payable with interest 30 years later.” — Charles Caleb Colton

“My life is better with every year of living it.” — Rachel Maddow

“Thirty – the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning briefcase of enthusiasm, thinning hair.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of 32nd, 33rd, 34th and 35th birthday quotes. For even more birthday lists, check out our Birthdays category or use the search bar to find the exact age you’re looking for.

Funny 31st Birthday Quotes

“Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.” – Tom Wilson

“When you’re a teenager, all you want to do is buy beer. But once you hit 30 all you want to do is to get carded.” – Carrie Bradshaw

“30 is the new 20, unless you’re 20, then it’s the new 40.” – Dane Peddigrew

“Inside every 30 year old is an 18 year old asking what happened?” — Ann Landers

“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” — Lucille Ball

“Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.” — Satchel Paige

“One of the shocks of a 30th birthday is realizing the fundamental fact that your youth is irrevocably over.” — Marianne Williamson

“I’m turning thirty this year. And you know the saying, a woman over thirty is more likely to get hit by a bomb than find a man.” — Fanny Fink

“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” – Kitty Collins

“Why party like it is 1999 when you can party like it is your birthday?” — Prince

“When you turn 30, a whole new thing happens: you see yourself acting like your parents.” — Blair Sabol

“After 30, a body has a mind of its own.” — Bette Midler

“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.” — Larry Lorenzoni

Birthday Cake Quotes for 31st Birthdays

“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

“Celebration is life’s frosting: isn’t frosting the very best part of the cake?” – Bethenny Frankel

“Birthdays are nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” — Edward Morykwas

“For me, the end of childhood came when the number of candles on my birthday cake no longer reflected my age, around 19 or 20. From then on, each candle came to represent an entire decade.” — Yotam Ottolenghi

“Birthdays are a great time to stop and appreciate gravity. Sure, it makes things sag as you get older, but it also keeps your cake from flying all over the room, so you don’t have to chase it.” – Greg Tamblyn

“If life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness.” – Aberjhani

“Why is a birthday cake the only food you can blow on and spit on and everybody rushes to get a piece?” – Bobby Kelton

“Cake, cake, cake, cake.” — Rihanna, “Birthday Cake”

“Cakes are special. Every birthday, every celebration ends with something sweet, a cake, and people remember. It’s all about the memories.” — Buddy Valastro

“You know you’re getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It’s like, ‘See if you can blow this out.’” — Jerry Seinfeld

Happy 31st Birthday Wishes

Adulting is more fun when you have friends who know all the good uses of a potato masher. You wouldn’t believe some of the things this thing can do! Happy 31st birthday to you, my dear friend.

Some things really do get better with age… Happy 31st birthday!

31 has never looked this good. Happy birthday

Today you’re 31, but now that you’re a year older, you can finally wear cool adult underwear. Here’s to another year of awkward stage. Happy birthday!

What goes up must come down—in this case the best 31st I could ask for. Cheers to your crazy, fun, quirky years!

Here’s to a night you’ll never remember! Happy 31st!

Happy 31st Anniversary of your escape from the womb.

Don’t chase anything except drinks and dreams.

I’m glad you don’t have to beg strangers to buy you beer anymore. Happy Birthday!

Turning 31 with the best support system in the world. Thanks for making the past 31 years so unforgettable!

Cheers and Beers to 31 Years!

Celebrate the sweetest person you know, by being the sweetest version of yourself. Happy 31st Birthday to my sweet friend!

Wishing you many many more, 31 years can’t even come close to measuring up to all the great memories we’ve already shared. Happy Birthday!

We’ve come full circle; you started life as my little sidekick, and now you’re all grown up. I love you to the moon and back. Happy 31st birthday, sweetie.

Happy 31st to my sweet friend. I’m so proud of you for all the cool things you’ve accomplished in life so far, and I can’t wait to see what the next year has in store!

Just because you only turn 31 once doesn’t mean you have to remember it.

Tonight begins the first of many, many poor decisions.

Happy 31st Birthday! We honestly can’t believe you made it this long.

May the odds of remembering your 31st birthday be ever in your favor.

Finally 31 – now go out there and make some regrettable decisions.

For your 31st birthday, my present is not taking any pictures of you tonight.

31 will be filled with fun!

Happy 31st Birthday Sayings

• 31 is so fun I think I’ll repeat it again next year.
• Pop the champagne, because this girl is 31.
• Here’s to the next chapter.
• I’m thirty one. Still a little flirty, and definitely thriving.
• Aged to perfection.
• Chapter 31, Page 1.
• Made it to 31! I know. I’m as surprised as you are.
• Leveling up my adulting game. 31 and having fun.

• Shoutout to my mama who was in labor 31 years ago.
• Got so distracted by cake, I forgot it was my own birthday. #SoThisIs31
• Another year older, but I’ll need some extra time for that ‘wiser’ bit. #31
• Finally 31! It only took me 10 years to realize my adulting game was weak.
• Experience level: 31.
• Birthday behavior! #31
• And so begins Chapter 31.
• Well look who just turned 31…
• Staying 31 until further notice.
• Woke up a little older… but not wiser.

• POV: You can’t believe I’m 31 now.
• On a scale of 1-10, feeling a solid 31.
• Don’t wanna be sappy so… let’s just say 31 is already one for the books.
• Say hello to my new favorite 31 year old.
• 31 has never looked this good. Happy birthday!
• 31? Who cares. I just want cake.
• 31 is still young…er than 32.
• Talk thirty to me.
• Ready to start a new decade of adventures.
• Hello, 31.
• Be good to me 31.

• Cheers and beers to 31 years.
• Achievement unlocked: let’s drink! #31
• Woke up 31 and thriving.
• 31 – time to make some pour decisions.
• So this is where aging ends, right? #Forever31
• 31 years later and I’m still a hot mess.
• It’s time to rhyme because 31 is for fun!
• Officially 31, but still mentally about five.
• It’s a piece of birthday cake.

• Be careful what you wish for… My parents wished for me 31 years ago and look where that ended up.
• Today is not for whining, it’s for wining!
• After today, I’m celebrating my birthday in dog years.
• I don’t care how old I’m turning, so long as there’s cake.
• Today is the day! You can finally “hit me with your best shot.”
• So this is 31.
• 31: Wild and free.
• Level up. #31
• Season 31, Episode 1.
• My day, my way. #31
• Lap 31 around the sun…

• Agent of chaos for 31 years.
• It’s no time to be 31.
• Yes, I become 31.
• Keep calm and 31 on.
• 31? Bring it on.
• Hey Siri, count the candles.
• Make a wish. #31
• Aging and raging. #31
• My day, my way. #31
• Hip hip hip, hurray! It’s that special day of the year once again.
• I’m grateful for life and for growth. I wish myself a happy birthday.
• Birthdays are good for me. The more I have, the longer I live. lol.
• Heaven has been really good to me by adding another year to my age.
• I can’t keep calm, it’s my birthday.
• Today is a great day cause it’s my birthday!
• It’s my birthday, so I’m celebrating everything.

• The only things getting LIT today are the candles on my cake!
• Life’s too short to not celebrate every chance you get! Happy 31st Birthday to me!
• I’ll enjoy the best of today and laugh like never before because it’s my 31st Birthday.
• I wish myself a happy 31st birthday since I am the definition of awesomeness. Self-love!
• I want to thank everyone for my special 31st birthday, come and join me as I celebrate it.
• Cheers to the one day of our lives, when we actually celebrate getting old. Happy 31st Birthday to me.
• The thing is I love birthday celebrations, but only when they’re mine.
• Of course, I don’t know how to act my age. I’ve never been this age before!
• Happy Birthday to the smartest person in this world, Happy Birthday to Me!
• Today is that day when I cried and my mother smiled.
• Can’t believe you’re 31. Here’s to another year of amazing memories.
• Wouldn’t want to turn 31 with anyone else by my side.
• Thankful to be ringing in 31with the best people I know.
• Birthday wish? Already come true with this crew on my side. #31
• Cheers to good friends, good vibes, and another 31 years.
• Can’t wait to see what 31 will bring with these beauties by my side.
• Say hello to my new favorite 31 year old.

• How good is 31? It’s only the best age of all time. Enjoy your birthday, friend!
• Making memories with this crew… 31 is already off to the best start I could have ever asked for.
• Ringing in 31 with the best crew.
• Thanks for letting me bother you for the past 31 years.
• 31 and you’ve never looked better. Here’s to you!
• Who knew 31 could look this good? Aging looks good on you.
• Helping this one ring in 31. Cheers to another lap around the sun!
• 31 years of being your favorite pain in the butt. Here’s to 31 more.
• Grateful to have found my people
• Age 31 but forever the baby of the group.
• Excited for Chapter 31 with this crew on my side.
• 31 is looking pretty good with this crew by my side.
• Don’t wanna be sappy so… let’s just say 31 is already one for the books.
• Start of Season 31 with the best co-stars I could have ever asked for.
• Another lap around the sun with the best people I could have ever asked for. Here’s to 31!
• Age is just a number, but friends like these are forever. Thank you all for helping me ring in 31.
• Say hello to the world’s latest 31 year old.
• Another year, another candle on the cake. #31
• Cheers to another lap around the sun. Hello, 31.
• At 31 everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.
• It’s my 31st… I’ll wine if I want to.
• Postponing my birthday until further notice.

• Start from the bottom now I am 31.
• Turning 31 is nothing to wine about.
• I’m 31 now but age gives no guarantee on maturity.
• Woke up a little older… but not wiser.
• 31 31 31 31 I feel like 31.
• We only got one year to be thirty one, thirty one, thirty one. One more baby, have some fun.
• O.K., you know that what happens at the 31st B-Day, stays at the 31st B-Day.
• 31 is the age of responsibility. Give it a few months and you will be wondering why you were in such a hurry to get here.
• Here’s to another 365 days of being fabulous.
• I think 31 looks good on me.
• Birthday mode: the youngest I’ll ever be, and the oldest I’ve ever been. #31
• 31? Who cares. I just want cake.
• 31 years later and I’m still a hot mess.
• Made it to 31! I know. I’m as surprised as you are.
• Got so distracted by cake, I forgot it was my own birthday. #SoThisIs31
• I don’t care how old I’m turning, so long as there’s cake.
• 31 & flirty. Happy birthday to me!
• Favorite day of the year. #31
• Staying 31 until further notice.
• Celebrating my 3nd 29th birthday today…

• Hey Siri, count the candles.
• Another year, another candle on the cake. #31
• Wow, never been 31 before.
• Say hello to the world’s latest 31 year old.
• Only took 31 years to get this cute.
• You really gonna scroll without wishing me a happy 31st birthday?
• Birthday mode: the youngest I’ll ever be, and the oldest I’ve ever been. #31
• That birthday glow. #Feeling31
• Growing and glowing. #31
• 31 looks pretty and good to me.
• Wow, never been 31 before.
• Achievement unlocked: 31.
• Favorite day of the year. #31
• It took 31 years to get this awesome.
• Just like wine, better with time. #31
• Leaping into my 31st year.

• You have 31 bottles of beer to drink. I hope you already started.
• Your 31st Birthday comes along with great responsibility. You’re responsible for not getting too drunk.
• These beauties are the only gift I need. #31
• I have mixed drinks about turning 31.
• Chapter 31. Time to make some memories.
• Here for cake, and cake only.
• Wouldn’t trade it for the world, I’m 31 now.
• I’m not getting older. I’m getting better.
• I’m just here for the birthday cake.
• I doubt tequila is the answer, but it’s worth a shot.

31st Birthday Puns

• Go ahead, cake my day.
• Yeti or not, it’s your 31st birthday.
• Have a grate 31st birthday. Hope that’s not too cheesy.
• Time to par-tea!
• Nothing holds a candle to you.
• You take the cake.
• Nothing holds a candle to you.

• Some only dream of birthday cake, and others bake it happen.
• Your 31st birthday cake brings all the boys to the yard.
• Happy 31st birthday. You’re one in a melon.
• Sending you s’more 31st birthday wishes.
• Dim-sum body say it’s your 31st birthday?
• Let’s taco ‘bout your 31st birthday.
• Oh ship, it’s your 31st!
• Cake care of yourself.

• Celebrating your 31st is a piece of cake.
• I got you popcorn for your 31st birthday because you’re poppin.
• Here’s to a soup-er 31st birthday!
• So you’re spaghetting older.
• You’re 31 years old, but I do not carrot all.

So that’s our list! Hopefully we were able to help you find the best quote or wish you were looking for.