Birthday speeches can come in many forms. There are the ones that give hope and make the fact of getting older more acceptable. There are also birthday speeches  that simply enhance a great party and make it even more fun. If you don’t want to write the next birthday speech all by yourself use one of these quotes to get your writing started.

• “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” — Alphonse Karr
• “Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.” — Edward Steichen
• “Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.” — Larry Lorenzoni
• “There is still no cure for the common birthday.” — John Glenn
• “Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.” — Menachem Mendel Schneerson
• “We know we’re getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it.” — Anonymous
• “A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip.” — Anonymous
• “I never forget my wife’s birthday. It’s usually the day after she reminds me about it.”
• “Birthdays are just nature’s way of telling us to eat more cake.” – - Anonymous
• “Think of birthdays this way: you’re not getting older, you’re getting wiser.”– Anonymous
• “Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the heck happened.” — Cora Harvey Armstrong
• “Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.” — Anonymous
• “I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.” — Harry Hershfield

If you’re still unsure how to write a perfect birthday speech or don’t have the time why not try one of these professionally written, Fill In The Blank Speech Templates.

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