40th Birthday Quotes and Sayings

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Forty isn’t old, if you’re a tree

Life begins at forty.

Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

Youth has no age.

For all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common birthday.

Pleased to look forward, pleased to look behind, and count each birthday with a grateful mind.

You’re not 40, you’re eighteen with 22 years experience.

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

The “I just woke up” face of your 30’s is the “all day long” face of your 40’s

At the age of 20, we don’t care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn’t thinking of us at all.

The best years of a woman’s life – the ten years between 39 and 40

Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had, and what you’ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

We know we’re getting old when the only thing we want for our birthday is not to be reminded of it.

Once you hit forty you start adding letters “i’m 39A this year”

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it’s boldness.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn’t show its age.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

There are days of oldness, and then one gets young again

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Middle age is when you still believe you’ll feel better in the morning.

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

It’s sad to grow old, but nice to be wise.