Someone special is having a birthday and you want to wish them all the best, but in a pleasingly brief way. You’re in luck, because we have put together a list of all the best one line birthday wishes for your next post. And if you’re looking for short quotes for birthday cards, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
One Line Birthday Wishes
I wouldn’t say you’re old… you’ve just been young for longer than most of us. Happy birthday!
Better “over the hill” than under it. Happy Birthday!
YOU SUCK! … at aging. Can you at least try to look older?
I wish you a wonderful, joyful and fun-filled happy birthday.
I hate to have to miss your birthday but know that I am thinking of you from afar.
I hope all of your hopes and dreams come true on this very special day. Happy birthday to you!
Another day older is another day to chug more cake. Happy Birthday.
You don’t look a day over 16! From a distance, with my eyes closed. Happy birthday!
I wish you a lovely celebration of your birthday and the best of all your desires.
Thinking of you on your birthday and wishing you everything happy.
Wishing you a big happy birthday. May this be one for the books!
You know you’re old when you turn down the lights to be economical instead of romantic.
Happy birthday! Stay golden, girl.
Just like a fine wine, you seem to get better with age. Happy birthday!
Another year older is a reason to celebrate. You are that much closer to retirement dear friend.
Don’t worry, I already know my present is your favorite. Have a fabulous birthday!
You’re not older – you’re just more distinguished.
Birthdays are special days that allow us to celebrate the day you came into our lives.
Congrats on getting another candle on the cake, bud!
Happy birthday to someone who is forever young!
It’s celebration time! I hope you are having the time of your life as you celebrate your birthday.
Celebrate, laugh, dance, and cheer because your birthday only comes once a year.
Enjoy your special day to the fullest. Make each and every day of this year count! Happy Birthday!
Celebrate life and dance away your sorrows. Happy Birthday.
As we commemorate your birth into this world, may your life be filled with laughter, love, joy and peace.
Thank you for being in my life. I’m so happy to celebrate you today and hope you have a great birthday.
Happy Birthday to my best buddy! I hope you have a good one.
You may be another year older, but hey, you’ve still got it in my eyes. Happy birthday!
Words can never quantify my joy for celebrating with you on your birthday.
May you live so long your wrinkles have wrinkles. Happy birthday!
Although I cannot be with you on your birthday, know that you are in my thoughts today and every day.
Our age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying us!
The day is all yours — have fun!
Enjoy your special day to the fullest, bestie!
May your birthday be filled with contentment. Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! May your Facebook wall be filled with messages from people you never talk to.
May your birthday be sprinkled with fun and laughter. Have a great day!
Cheers to your own personal new year — let’s make it one for the books!
May your celebration of another year bring you new special glow of life.
Wishing you a day filled with happiness and a year filled with joy. Happy birthday!
We’ll be friends ‘til we’re old and senile… And then we’ll be new friends! Happy Birthday!
Cheers on your birthday. One step closer to adult underpants.
Hope your birthday is just like you…totally freaking awesome.
Best wishes on your birthday! May you have maximum fun today, and minimum hangover tomorrow!
Your birthday brings with it a special glow. The glow of so many candles, so hurry and blow them out!
Have the best birthday ever!
A great day to celebrate a great friend! Happy birthday, and cheers to many more.
Came for the cake, stayed to see who got you the best gift. Cheers to an awesome birthday!
Your birthday is fresh remembrance of the strength of our friendship. Happy Birthday.
“Pst, don’t grow up! It’s a trap. Happy birthday!”
On your birthday, I’m praying that all your birthday wishes come true.
Thank you for always being a friend I can count on. Happy birthday!
On this special day, I raise a toast to you and your life. Happy birthday.
Although I am far away, you are in my heart today on your very special birthday.
A true friend remembers your birthday, but not your age. Happy birthday!
I spent three hours scrolling the internet for your perfect birthday message. Then I gave up.
Happy birthday to you! Let’s break out the cake, candles…and don’t forget the fire extinguisher!
I’m so happy our paths crossed in this life. Wishing you a very happy birthday, my friend!
Sending you wishes for the happiest of birthdays. May all of your wishes come true on this special day!
It’s your birthday! I hope it is filled with happiness and plenty of love.
Although I am not there to celebrate your birthday, you are in my thoughts.
Wishing you a very happy birthday and all the best wishes for an exciting and fun-filled year ahead.
You’re simply the best. Wishing you a big happy birthday—may it be a year for the books.
Warmest wishes for a very happy birthday.
Happy Birthday to a great buddy! I hope you have a good one.
You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! Super glad you were born.
Wishing my bestie the absolute best on their b-day!
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day today, and that the year ahead is full of many blessings.
It’s your birthday! Let us celebrate joyfully another wonderful year of your life.
Happy Birthday! Here’s to a memorable day and a year ahead that’s full of adventure and joy.
If gray hair is a sign of wisdom, then you’re a genius!
I wish for all of your wishes to come true. Happy birthday!
Wishing you a very happy birthday and many more to come. Hope it’s a good one.
You make our world a better and brighter place — happy birthday love!
Everybody has birthdays. You just wear yours better than most!
I wish you continuous dreaming, planning and achieving your biggest dreams. Happy Birthday.
Wishing you the biggest slice of happy today.
You’re not getting older… just more distinguished! Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday to my best friend in the whole wide world.
If things get better with age, then you’re approaching magnificent! Happy Birthday.
Wishing you a very happy birthday! May all your dreams come true.
Happy birthday! Here’s to more life, love, and adventures with you to come!
Enjoy your special day.
Happy birthday beautiful! I hope you have a wonderful day filled with joy and happiness.
To quote Shakespeare: ‘Party thine ass off!’
Your birthday allows us to celebrate having you in our lives. Happy Birthday.
I hope your day is full of fun and celebration. Happy birthday to you my dear!
Many happy returns to you on your birthday! May you enjoy a wonderful day full of cake!
Since it’s your birthday, I’ll tell you now you’re a real catch. Fishing you a reel-y happy birthday!
Cheers to you for another trip around the sun!
Best wishes on your birthday – may you have many, many more.
You’re the brightest star in the galaxy! Happy birthday!
Wishing you a very happy birthday and all the best for the coming year.
Cheers to another trip around the sun! Keep on shining and have an amazing birthday.
Older? Definitely. Wiser? …mmm debatable. Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday. I’m grateful I get to spend your big day with you.
Wherever the year ahead takes you, I hope it’s happy.
Happy birthday! I think it’s great… How you used to be young.
It’s your special day! Treat me! Oops, I mean yourself. Treat yourself! (But also me.) Happy birthday!
Party hard, but maybe bring a second set of underwear with you this time hahaha. Happy Birthday.
Before you break the cake and blow out the candles, keep close the fire extinguisher.
Sending you a birthday wish wrapped with all my love. Have a very happy birthday!
It’s always a treat to wish happy birthday to someone so sweet.
Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a fantastic year ahead!
On this wonderful day, I wish you the best that life has to offer! Happy birthday!
I can’t think of a better gift than your friendship — happy birthday!
Those aren’t gray hairs you see. They’re strands of birthday glitter growing out of your head.
May the cake be delicious and the next year be epic! Happy birthday!
You were born, and the world became a better place.
Hope all your birthday wishes come true!
Happy Birthday! Wishing you a beautiful day and many blessings for the year ahead.
Happy Birthday to my gorgeous friend. You’re the best! Cheers to a brilliant day.
May you live to be so old that the very sight of you terrifies babies and ex-lovers. Happy birthday!
You are so old, you walked into an antique shop and they sold you.
Wishing you a very special birthday and a wonderful year ahead!
You know what they say about more candles… A bigger wish! Happy Birthday.
I hope you have a fabulous day, and be sure to eat an extra slice of cake for me!
You truly deserve the best the world has to offer. Happy birthday!
Great news! You’re still alive! Happy birthday!
No ifs, ands or buts about it: You really are the best friend anyone could have. Happy birthday!
Cheers to more fun, more memories, and more cake! Happy birthday!
I pray that your dreams turn into reality. Happy Birthday.
Wishing my favorite partner in crime a very scandalous birthday!
Smart, good looking, and funny! But enough about me. Happy birthday!
A little gray hair is a small price to pay for so much wisdom.
Wishing you a birthday that’s just as wonderful as you are!
Is it hotter in here than usual? Must be all the candles on your cake. Happy birthday!
Sending your way a bouquet of happiness…To wish you a very happy birthday!
Happy Birthday to such a fabulous friend! Wishing you many blessings for the year ahead.
Another year in the books. Wishing you a very happy birthday!
I wouldn’t call you old… it’s just that you’ve been young for longer than most of us. Happy Birthday!
I hope your birthday brings you everything you have ever wished for.
Celebration of your birthday is celebration of life, love and laughter. Happy Birthday.
On this day, your birthday, I hope that each and every one of your wishes comes true.
I hope you know how much joy your presence brings. Happy birthday my dear friend.
Congratulations on your birthday! Sending you our love and good wishes.
It’s your special day — get out there and celebrate!
Statistics show that those who have the most birthdays live the longest. Happy Birthday.
I hope your birthday is full of sunshine, rainbows, love, and laughter! HBD!
Happy birthday to the most skilled, intelligent and charming boss.
You look younger than ever! Happy birthday!
I smell old people! Oh, wait no that’s just you. Happy birthday!
Today is about you. I can’t wait to celebrate you all day long!
Happy Birthday! You know, you don’t look that old. But then, you don’t look that young, either.
Your birthday is a moment to spread your love for all.
Happy birthday to a guy who still isn’t showing his age… And definitely not acting it.
Sending you warm birthday wishes and a big warm hug on this very special day.
Everyone gets to be young once. Today it’s official, your turn is over. Happy birthday!
Wishing you a beautiful day with good health and happiness forever. Happy birthday!
Here’s to another year of questionable life decisions! Happy birthday queen.
Your birthday is the perfect excuse to get drunk on a weekday. Bottoms up!
Middle age: that time when you finally get your head together – then your body starts falling apart.
Happy birthday — I’m so glad you’ll always be older than me!
Happy Birthday! Don’t forget to iron that birthday suit.
I hope your celebration gives you many happy memories!
I hear today is your birthday. Another year older is another year wiser my dear friend.
May your birthday cake be moist, and may no one use that word to describe it.
Birthdays are a time to celebrate so kick back and enjoy your wonderful day.
Happy birthday to my ride or die. Love you bunches!
Congratulations on your birthday! Wishing you a truly fabulous day.
Happy birthday! I’m so pleased to hear you’re over the hill instead of under it.
You know you’re getting older when an “all-nighter” means not getting up to pee.
I hope your birthday is filled with hope, joy, and many new beginnings. You are loved today and always!
You’re older today than yesterday but younger than tomorrow, happy birthday!
On the bright side, at least you don’t have to share your birthday cake with anyone else this year!
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Short Quotes for Birthday Cards
“Looking 50 is great – if you’re 60.” — Joan Rivers
“The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet.” — Robert Orben
“Just remember once you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.” — Charles Schultz
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” — John Lennon
“That’s the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.” — Bob Hope
“The older you get the better you get, unless you are a banana.” — Betty White
“You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” — Bob Hope
“Don’t just count your years, make your years count.” — George Meredith
“Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.” — Tom Wilson
“The first hundred years are the hardest.” — Wilson Mizner
“After 30, a body has a mind of its own.” — Bette Midler
“Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.” — Booth Tarkington
“All the world is a birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” — George Harrison
“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.” — Steven Wright
“The Best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once.” — H. V. Prochnow
You don’t get older, you get better. — Shirley Bassey
“There is still no cure for the common birthday.” — John Glenn
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” — Mark Twain
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.” — Bernard Baruch
“I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.” — Phyllis Diller
“From our birthday, until we die, is but the winking of an eye.” — William Butler Yeats
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.” — Helen Hayes
“For all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common birthday.” — John Glenn
“Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.” — Chili Davis
“I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn’t have one. So, I got a cake!” — Mitch Hedberg
“The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you’ll grow out of it.” — Doris Day
“Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese.” — Billie Burke
“Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.” — Kitty Collins
“Last year my birthday cake looked like a prairie fire.” — Rodney Dangerfield
“Age is a high price to pay for maturity.” — Tom Stoppard
So that is it for our lists of One Line Birthday Wishes and Short Quotes for Birthday Cards. We hope you found the perfect one!
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Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
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