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Best Birthday Wishes for Friends

80+ of the best birthday wishes for friends to wish him or her a wonderful birthday, and to help to kick off their celebrations!

If you're not sure what to say on someone's birthday, here you'll find an extensive collection of some of the best birthday wishes, messages, and quotes for inspiration. There are also top tips for how to write the perfect personalized birthday message for your bestie.

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Happy Birthday Wishes for Friends

Short and sweet birthday messages for friends, so you can wish him or her lots of fun and happiness for their special day!

It's your birthday, let's party! Cake - check. Candles - check. Drinks - check. Gift - check. Coolest birthday girl ever - check!

It's time to party and make your birthday as special as you are! I hope your day is fantastic, and the year ahead even better still. Happy birthday!

Wishing you a very happy birthday and all the best for the coming year. Thanks for being such a great friend!

Happy birthday! I'm so grateful for your friendship and all the fun times we've had together this year. Here's to many more!

Let's celebrate, it's your birthday! Wishing you an awesome day, and brilliant year ahead!

Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated. Happy Birthday!

It's your birthday, let's get up to some mischief!

Happy birthday to such a fabulous friend! Wishing you many blessings for the year ahead.

Many happy returns on your birthday! I know this past year has had some tough times but I hope that the coming year brings you the good fortune you deserve. You're a great friend and I am so thankful for your presence in my life.

Wishing you a wonderful birthday and a fantastic year ahead! Thanks for being such a dear friend.

You're such a generous, kind, fabulous person and I'm so lucky to have you as a friend. Wishing you an extra special birthday and best wishes for the year ahead.

Happy birthday! Love you lots and can't wait to celebrate your birthday with you [tonight/on the weekend etc]. Thanks for being such a great friend!

Happy birthday dear friend! I hope you have a very special day and a wonderful year ahead!

Congratulations on your birthday! Wishing you a truly fabulous day.

Happy birthday to such a great [guy/gal/friend], I hope you have a fun day today!

Happy birthday! I hope you have a great day today and the year ahead is full of many blessings.

I hope your birthday is full of sunshine and rainbows and love and laughter! Sending many good wishes to you on your special day.

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Birthday Wishes for Best Friends

It's your best friend's birthday? Hooray, how fun! Start their day off with some birthday love with one of these birthday wishes for best friends, and let your bestie know just how much you care about him or her, and how special their friendship is to you!

You shine so much brightness and joy into the lives of everyone around you. Thanks for being such an amazing person and friend, and I hope that today on your birthday some of that brightness shines right back at you!

Happy birthday to my crazy, fun, fabulous best friend! I love you to the moon and back and am so grateful for your friendship and all the fun times we've shared this year. I hope you have a great day!

Happy birthday to my fabulous, witty, kind, brilliant friend. There is no one else I'd rather spend the day with. Let's go celebrate and have some fun!

Stay true to who you are, you are an amazing person and the best ever friend a person could hope for! Have a fantastic birthday and a great year ahead.

You've been there for me through all my ups and downs, and I hope you know I'm always here for you too. Thanks for being such a wonderful friend. I hope you have a great birthday and the year ahead is the best yet!

I never guessed when we first met that we'd become best friends, or all the silly memories we'd make together! Thanks for all the fun adventures, and here's to many more in the coming year!

Has anyone told you today how great you are? Because I think you're the bees knees, the greatest thing since sliced bread, out of this world... basically I think you're the best! Have a great birthday my brilliant, fabulous best friend.

Happy birthday to my gorgeous friend, you're the best! I hope you have a brilliant day.

Happy birthday to my best buddy! I hope you have a good one.

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Funny Birthday Wishes for Friends

Funny birthday wishes for friends to bring some laughter and happiness into their day!

Don't worry, they are not gray hairs, they are wisdom highlights. You just happen to be extremely wise!

[insert age] is a perfect age. You're old enough to recognize your mistakes but young enough to make some more. Happy birthday!

Happy birthday. It took you [insert age] years to look this good!

You suck at aging! Can you at least try to look older?

You're not getting older... just more distinguished! Happy birthday.

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".

Those aren't gray hairs you see. They're strands of birthday glitter growing out of your head. You're just ready to party!

Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get up again!

Q: What goes up and never comes down?
A: Your age!

Middle age... when "happy hour" is a nap!

How do you know you've hit middle-age? In preparation for a big sneeze you cross your legs really hard and hope for the best!

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Birthday Quotes for Friends

Endearing and funny quotes about friendship and about getting older, perfect for writing as part of a greeting card message or SMS to your bestie on their birthday!

These first birthday quotes are all about friendship and what friends mean to you, and are a lovely way to express your feelings for your friend on their big day!

A good friend knows all your best stories. A best friend has lived them with you.
~ Unknown

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good friends don't let you do stupid things... alone.
~ Unknown

True friends are like diamonds - bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.
~ Nicole Richie

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

We've been friends for so long I can't remember which one of us is the bad influence!
~ Unknown

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
~ Aristotle

Best friends are the people you can do anything and nothing with and still have the best time.
~ Unknown

Anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.
~ Misty Copeland

Friendship isn't a big thing. It's a million little things.
~ Unknown

Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.
~ Unknown

Friends are the bacon bits in the salad bowl of life.
~ Unknown

These next birthday quotes for friends are about growing older, reflecting on aging, or gently teasing friends about their age.

I'm so glad that we are growing older together, and that you'll always have a head start!
~ Unknown

Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.
~ Chili Davis

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
~ Mark Twain

Age is a matter of feeling, not of year.
~ George William Curtis

You don't get older, you get better.
~ Shirley Bassey

We'll be friends until we're old and senile... and then we can be *new* friends!
~ Unknown.

The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!
~ Edward J. Stieglitz

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

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.
~ Albert Einstein

Today you have added another candle of knowledge and wisdom to your life.
~ Debasish Mridha

In youth we learn; in age, we understand.
~ Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
~ Voltaire

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Birthday Wishes for Friends - from a Distance

On occasions like birthdays the sense of distance can feel greater, so making an effort to wish your friend happy birthday and tell them you're thinking of them can make all the difference. These next happy birthday wishes for friends are written with that in mind.

Happy birthday all the way from [insert your location]. I hope you have a fabulous day and be sure to eat an extra slice of cake for me!

Happy birthday! Wishing you a wonderful day today, and looking forward to seeing you in [insert month].

Happy birthday dear friend! Raising a glass to your continued health and happiness all the way from [insert location]. I hope you have a great day!

Thinking of you on your birthday! We hope you have a great day and wish you all the best for the coming year. We're so excited that you're coming to visit in [insert month], and can't wait to see you then!

Congratulations on your birthday! Sending you our love and good wishes all the way from [insert location].

Wishing you a very happy birthday and all the best wishes for an exciting and fun-filled year ahead. With lots of love from [insert location].

Many happy returns to you on your birthday! We hope you have a wonderful day full of friends, family, and cake! Sorry we can't be there this year and we hope to catch up next time we're in the neighborhood.

Wishing you all the best on your birthday! Sorry to miss you on such an wonderful day. We're thinking of you all the way from [insert location] and raising a glass to your good health.

Wishing you many happy returns on your birthday. We hope you have a wonderful day and we look forward to seeing you in [insert month]/or [at an event eg. Christmas].

Wishing you many blessings on your birthday. We miss you!

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Belated Birthday Wishes for Friends

Oh no! Did you miss their birthday? Here are some happy belated birthday wishes for friends... to help you get back into their good books!

Happy belated Birthday! I'm so sorry I forgot to write earlier, but how do you expect me to remember your birthday if you never look any older?

I promise this card isn't late. It is intentionally arriving after your birth-day, because I think you deserve a whole birth-month. Happy Birth-month!

HBBD! That stands for Happy Belated Birthday! Love, YTDF (Your Terribly Disorganized Friend)

I know you think this card is a few days late. It's actually worse than that. This is your card from 2010 that I only just got around to sending. Happy Belated Birthday!

I'm so sorry I forgot your birthday. The good news is that I also forgot your age. Happy belated Birthday!

Happy Birthday! Don't think of this as a late birthday card. Consider it a very early one for next year. Here's wishing you a wonderful year ahead!

Sorry I missed your birthday by several days, but happy birthday anyways!

I'm so sorry I forgot your birthday. The good news is that if you forget mine next year I'll forgive you. Happy Belated Birthday!

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Birthday Wishes Images for Friends

In this section you'll find some of the above heartfelt and funny birthday wishes and quotes for friends as images that you can share with friends on their birthday.

Let's celebrate, it's your birthday!

It's your birthday, let's get up to some mischief!

You suck at aging! Can you at least try to look older?

A good friend knows all your best stories. A best friend has lived them with you.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Good friends don't let you do stupid things... alone.

It's time to party and make your birthday as special as you are!

Happy birthday dear friend! I hope you have a very special day.

Happy birthday to my fabulous, witty, kind, brilliant friend.

Friendship isn't a big thing. It's a million little things.

Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.

Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.
~ Chilli Davis

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
~ Mark Twain

You don't get older, you get better.
~ Shirley Bassey

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
~ Voltaire

True friends are like diamonds - bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.
~ Nicole Richie

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Best friends are the people you can do anything and nothing with and still have the best time.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of year.
~ George William Curtis

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More Birthday Wishes for Friends...

Looking for more ideas and inspiration for birthday wishes for friends? Take a look at these other birthday wishes and quotes collection:

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Milestone Birthdays Wishes (30 / 40 / 50 / 60)

Any birthday is special, but some are *extra* special! Use our age-specific happy birthday wishes, quotes, poems, and jokes to wish your friends an extra-special birthday on their big day!

Personalized Milestone Birthday Posters

And if you're looking for age-related birthday gifts, our personalized birthday posters are a fantastic gift to celebrate a friends *extra* special birthday.

With a huge choice of color palettes, and lots of ideas for poster-text, you can personalize these posters as much or as little as you wish. Easy to format and download at home, they're a great gift for a milestone birthday.

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What do you say on someone's birthday?

Need some help coming up with your own unique birthday wishes for friends? Not sure what to say on someone's birthday? Follow these top tips to write the nicest birthday wishes for your friend that will make him or her feel loved and extra-special on their birthday!

1. Congratulate your friend on their birthday!

2. Acknowledge and celebrate your friend's personality and what you love about them.

3. Thank them for their friendship and mention something you really appreciate about them.

4. Reminisce over a fun time you've shared together, and how much you love being with them.

5. Wish them well for the coming year. Be specific - mention something you know they are looking forwards too.

So you could write something like this, personalized to your friend:

"Happy birthday to my best friend and partner in crime! I don't know where I'd be without such a fun, caring person as you in my life. Thank you for all the nights we've spent talking until late, and for your amazing advice and perspective on life. I love spending time with you, and all the adventures we get up to! I hope you have a fantastic year ahead and that your dreams come true (especially our summer vacation plans!)."

Great Words to Describe a Friend

Here is a list of some adjectives you could use to describe your friend, it's not extensive, it's just a starting point to help you think about what is so special about your friend. In the birthday wishes for your friend you could use some of these words to describe the traits that you really love and appreciate in your friend.

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Birthdays are a magical time of celebration and excitement. There are many different birthday traditions but one thing is certain, it’s a time to get together with your loved ones and really appreciate each. Those are the moments that matter most. Each birthday is special and everyone has a natural desire to feel loved and appreciated on their birthday. It’s the one day a year you can make it all about yourself.

No birthday is the same without thoughtful and creative birthday greetings from friends and family. It can be easy to fall into the typical cliches and saying, so here are some original birthday messages you can easily send as a text or write in a birthday card.

Original Birthday Quotes for Special Individuals

• 1, 2, 3. Blow out your candles and make a wish for you and me. May we always be as close as family.
• I am sending you hugs, kisses, laughter, warm wishes, and many, many blessings. I hope your birthday is filled with all of the above and so much more. Wishing you a happy birthday!
• Balloons and flowers for the birthday star. I hope these kind wishes follow you wherever you are.

• It’s your birthday and you seem to be getting awesomer every year. Thanks for being such a great friend. Enjoy your special day!
• I hope your day is special and everyone treats you well. Wishing you all the happiness on your birthday.
• Wishing you the best! My number one wish for you is for good health. This is to ensure that I have many more birthday to celebrate with you, so then I’ll wish good luck and success!
• May this day be as beautiful as you are. May this cake be as sweet as you are. And may this birthday party be as memorable as you are. I love you forever.

• You may not have been on this Earth very long but you are wiser than anyone I know. Stay young at heart.
• Today is the day we celebrate the number of years you’ve brought happiness to our lives.
• There is never a dull moment with you. Have a great birthday celebration. Many happy returns!
• You work hard year round. Today, relax and have fun. You only get one birthday a year!
• From my heart to yours, you deserve the best on your birthday. Wishing you a blessed day today.
• My warmest wishes! This year, may you shed less tears and have more laughs.
• I hope you achieve all of your dreams and obtain all of your heart’s desires.

• Many happy returns. I am sending you a bouquet of warm wishes. Enjoy your very special day.
• Be yourself. You are perfect the way you are. Through all the years of knowing you, you never change for the worse. You always change for the better. Love always, kisses.
• Congratulations on becoming a year older. This year of your life, be sure to seize every moment and conquer every challenge that comes your way. The sky is not the limit when it comes to you.

• Wishing you tons of happiness on your birthday. May your cake be sweeter than ever and your gifts bring you smiles.
• I hope this day brings you every desire of your heart. Surround yourself with loved ones and magical memories.
• Let’s celebrate the wonderful gift of your life and be grateful for the moments we share. Have a wonderful birthday!
• You bring joy to the world and happiness to my heart. May you receive double the blessing on your birthday. Have a good one!
• This year for your birthday, I am wrapping your gifts with lots of love. Wishing you a bright future and many more birthdays to come.
• It’s your birthday and you can celebrate however you want. Have fun and seize every moment life gives you.

Romantic Birthday Quotes

• Life is precious. Every moment is sweet. What matters most in life is you here with me. I love you and wish you the very best, my love.
• With love, I am wishing you a very special birthday. You deserve all the best!
• Glad to spend this day with my birthday queen. My warmest wishes and love, my dear!
• Close your eyes and blow out every birthday candle. Make every wish count. Wish upon the things that matters most. Have a great birthday.
• You are the reason I smile. You are the reason I laugh. You are the reason I live. So happy to have you here with me. Have a great day.
• Have a great day! Any day with you in it is awesome. You are amazing in every way.

• Happy, happy birth anniversary! With all my love, I’m wishing you the absolute finest, today and always.
• You are a special person to me – I hope you know. Have a wonderful birthday and treasure these moments.
• Happy Birthday, Gorgeous. You look as beautiful as ever on this day. Your personality shines even brighter than your beauty.

• I hope this greeting brings you excitement. I hope these warm wishes brings you happiness. I hope the love I have you shines like you do. Enjoy your birthday, all my love.

Sending Original Birthday Messages to a Friend

• Having a friend like you makes life so much more special. Have a wonderful birthday!
• As you get older and grow wiser, be sure to look ahead to better days and not behind dwelling on the past. The best is yet to come.
• I’m not just here for the sweet treats or the birthday cake. I came to wish my bestest friend a very happy special day.
• To my truest friend: On your birthday, I hope you get a big return on your investment of love and charity. You spend so much time giving to others and sharing that wonderful joy with the world.
• Dear, your birthday celebration is one I would not want to miss for anything in this world because your friendship means so much to me.

• I couldn’t let a day like today pass me by without stopping to say Happy Birthday! Kind wishes, your friend.
• I can search for a lifetime and never find a friend as decent as you. Have a wonderful birthday, my friend!
• Take a moment and look around.You are surrounded by those who love you most. Whenever you feel unappreciated, remember that you’re friendship is valued and your love is appreciated.
• That’s my birthday msg to you, my friend. I hope the sun shines bright for you today and everything goes your way!

• I always think about you with fond memories of our beautiful childhood years together. Happy birthday to you, my dear. May we make more beautiful and unforgettable memories together.  Love you!
• You are beautiful inside and out. You are truly an amazing friend! I’m grateful to have you in my life.
• Best wishes to you, dear friend. Wishing you lots of fun-filled experiences and wonderful gifts on your special day. I appreciate our friendship more than anything in this world.
• Throwing a birthday party on your behalf is the least I could do for you this day, dear friend. My best wishes to a wonderful friend who has always stood by me when I had no one around me.
• Having a special friend celebrating his/her special day today is a delight. I wish you eat lots and lots of special delicacies on this special day of yours.
• Wishing you the best, buddy. Long may you live so that I can see your happy face often. Enjoy your day, my dear!
• This year, may joy fill your heart to the brim, and may goodness pursue you wherever you go. Wishing you a fantastic birthday from this side of the Atlantic. Much love.
• Whenever I think that I don’t have any reason to smile, your hilarious gait and funny face prove me so wrong. I feel so happy and blessed to be your friend. Have a blissful and blessed birthday.
• May this be a blast like never before! You deserve it and many more. And please don’t forget to keep up the sockless tradition — nothing beats that. Have a truly blessed and awesome birthday!
• Many happy returns! May God keep blessing you abundantly and uplifting your life to amazing heights.

• Here’s to this remarkably special day of your life. May you know true happiness on this special day and forever.

Original Birthday Messages For my Best Friend

• Sometimes I wonder how I got through my trying moments without you by my side. I’m most thankful for your awesome companionship and support. Have a blast, bestie.
• You make life amazing and much more relaxed with your warm smile and cozy hugs. Long live this awesome friendship we share.
• You stood by me when the world rejected me. Thank you for showing me love on an unprecedented scale in good times and bad times. And do know that I’ll never forget your kindness towards me.
• Not only do you have a heart of gold, you are also beautiful, intelligent, and fun to be with. I thank God for bringing you into my life, and hope this is the first of many birthdays to come.
• Sending a virtual hug and squeeze to you because I miss you and wish that you were here with me. Have a blast, and tell me about it when you are here. Much love!
• My warmest wishes to a wonderful friend who makes even the most daunting challenges of life manageable. Thank you for always being there by my side and supporting me even in times when I didn’t deserve it. I owe you a lot. Cheers.

Unique Birthday Greetings for a Girl

• Happy sweet birthday to my precious girl. I wish you lots of love and peaceful relationships as your grow up.
• My dear girl, you are the best gift of God I most cherish in life. As you mark your birthday today, may your star shine brighter and brighter till you achieve all your life’s dreams and visions.
• Happy beautiful birthday to my beautiful girl.  You are very special to me in many ways. That is why I am celebrating you today with lots of beautiful packaged gifts.
• Wishing the very best to the sweetest girl in the Universe. Please never stop being sweet and caring, dear. I love you.
• Best wishes, my sweet one. May your life always shine lovelier and brighter than the candles burning on your cake today. God bless you.
• Knowing a beautiful and caring person like you is such a privilege. On your special day, I pray that the heavens constantly provide you with everything that puts a smile on your beautiful face. Have a jolly birthday today.
• A pretty and charming girl deserves the best. I wish you the very best of all the good things in this world. Have a wonderful birthday, my dear.

Original Birthday Quotes for a Guy

• Dear, I am always proud of who you have grown up to become. I wish you an extremely fabulous birthday celebration today. May you always be happy all the days of your life.
• Best wishes to the coolest and most handsome guy on the block. I thank God for your life and pray that He continues to guide and bless you.
• On this day of your birthday, I wish you a very bright and colorful future. May all the things that your heart yearns for always be within your reach.
• Fond memories of you linger on for years in my heart. I can’t believe today marks another special day for you. I wish you success and victory in your all your life endeavors.

Great Birthday Greetings for a Colleague

• Working with you over the years is a thing of joy to me. I wish you all the best things this year has for you. Have a great one, dear colleague.
• Happy and fun-filled birthday celebration to my friend and colleague. Wishing you double promotion here at work, as a birthday gift. Have a fun one!
• As you brighten the day for everyone in the office with your smiles and words of encouragement, so also do I wish you many years of smiles and happiness.
• My dear colleague, as you mark another special day of yours today, may your life always attract the incredible blessings of God.  Have a fabulous birthday and may you have all the success you deserve!

Original Birthday Quotes for my Boss

• Of all the virtues I admire in you, your determination is number one. I have learnt from you how far determination can take one. Thank you for all your advice and guidance. Happy glorious birthday to you, sir.
• You are without a shred of doubt the best boss in the Universe. I feel so privileged and blessed to have gotten the opportunity to work under someone as wonderful as you.
• I always prayed to someday end up with a caring and supportive boss. I’m so glad that God finally answered my prayers by gifting me a boss like you. Wishing a great birthday to my great mentor and boss.
• Success only comes to people who are hard working and perseverant like you. All the important things I have learnt in my professional career, I learned from you. Thank you so much for everything. On your special day I want to wish you, the world’s greatest boss an extremely joyous birthday.
• Thanks for all your advice. I’ve never regretted following your footsteps. Have a fabulous birthday, boss.
• Happy birthday to a perfect boss who sees his staff as perfect beings. May you achieve perfection in all your labors as you mark another special day in your life today. God bless you.

Original Birthday Greetings for My Teacher

• My warmest wishes to you, my favorite teacher.  You have influenced my life in no small way. May you continue to remain a great influence to me and all your students forever.
• As you celebrate your birthday today, may you live many more years in wisdom and knowledge and go down in history as the best teacher of all time.
• Your inspirational words have been a great motivation for me in life. I’m so blessed to have had the opportunity to be called your student. You’re such a wonderful and inspiring teacher. May God forever bless you today and always.
• Wishing my dear teacher a fabulous birthday.  Sir, your unparalleled wisdom has made me who I am today. You have made a great impact in my life and I will always appreciate you.

Unique Birthday Messages for My Fellow Student

• Happy birthday to you, mate. Studying with you has impacted my academic performance in a very positive way. Thank you for being such a good friend and mate. May all your dreams come true in life.
• You make tedious academic work appear like a walk in the park. I wish you an excellent birthday celebration. May you always achieve excellence.
• Joy and laughter make the heart merry. I pray that you enjoy lots of joy and laughter today and always as you commemorate the day you came into this world.
• Thank you for being such a wonderful classmate. You inspire me greatly with your determination and hard work. On your birthday, I want to wish you continued success in your academics.

Original Birthday Messages for your Brother

• You make every day of my life a beautiful one just by being my brother. Live this day to the fullest, dearest brother.
• Having an amazing brother like you is one of the most priceless things given to me from Heaven. May your dreams never stop coming true. And may each materialized dream fill your heart with happiness.
• My life is simply colorful because the world’s best brother is mine. On your Big Day, may you have a lifetime of utter happiness. I love you so much.
• Today it’s all about you, sweet brother. May your future be as bright and as happy as paradise. I love you forever.
• Dearest brother, this is your special day! And on this day, I need you to know that you are one of the reasons my world is bright. I would give you Heaven and Earth if I owned them. Have a wonderful day.
• What is the meaning of being truly blessed? It is having a phenomenal soul like you as a brother. Thank you for always loving me and being there for me. Enjoy this birthday, my beloved brother and best friend.
• Despite our bickering and peccadillos, we will always remain true brothers from the same womb. Much love and many thanks for having my back all these years.
• The world is a better place because of kind and generous people like you. I’ll never forget your years of support and encouragement. Please take a day off from saving the world, and have a blast! Cheers.
• Thanks for showing me what it means to put one’s shoulder to the wheel and achieve great things. I’m a better man because of you. Have a wonderful day.
• The dogs have refused to eat and drink because their favorite person is away. Enjoy today, and we can’t wait to have you back when school is over.
• Sending heartfelt birthday wishes to my guardian angel! Thanks for teaching me to be strong, and protecting me from those high school bullies. Make sure to have your favorite soup and wine today.

Original Birthday Messages for Your Sister

• Wishing the brightest and happiest birthday to the most wonderful girl/woman in the world whom I call my beloved sister. Sis, may your life be nothing short of blissful.
• My warmest wishes, sweet sister! Here’s to a future immersed in good health and pure happiness.
• Wishing you a birthday that is as beautiful and warm as your smile, dearest sister. You shall always occupy the most special place in my heart.
• My dear sister, I pray that your life is as wonderful and phenomenal as your presence is in my life.
• May every blessed day of your life be as sunny as the sunniest day in paradise.
• Warmest wiswhes to the most magnificent girl/woman in my life. Dearest sister, if someone asked me to give them reasons why you mean the world to me, I would give them a billion reasons.
• May it be a year of promise for you, and may all that you lay hands on prosper. Sending hugs and kisses your way.
• Like the sea waves, may the goodness in you surge and be a blessing to everyone it encounters. Much love and please enjoy a glass or two of red wine.
• Enjoy your favorite ice cream today, and I hope that the year is just as sweet, if not more so. Cheers.
• I just thought you should know that it’s my life’s goal to become as awesome, inspiring, and ambitious as you. You are quite the model big sister. Wishing you an awesome birthday, long life, and prosperity.
• I’ll do this every day but thought that it will sink in now because today is special. I love you and the things you do to bring out the best in me. Have a fun-filled birthday, and keep smiling. Much love.

Original Birthday Messages for Mom

• When you are blessed with the most wonderful mother in the world, it would be extraordinarily greedy to ask for more from life! Best wishes, Mom. You’re my greatest gift in life.
• Happiness constantly reigns in my life because of a wonderful mother like you! Mom, may your birthday and all the days after it be decorated with sunshine. I love you.
• No one has the ability to gladden my heart and send me to the moon like you do, Mom. Enjoy your special day, and keep illuminating our lives and the world with your incredible love.
• Wishing an incredibly fabulous birthday to you, Mom. You are God’s greatest gift to the world. I love you more than I can ever say in any language here on Earth or up in Heaven.
• On your birthday, Mom, I want to wish you nothing but a lifetime of good health, peace and absolute happiness. You deserve it because you have sacrificed a lot to put a smile on my face.
• Why do I love you so much, Mom? I could spend every day of my life giving you a trillion reasons why and still wouldn’t be able to exhaust the reasons why I love you.
• In moments like these, I’m reminded of your warmth, humor, confidence, and shrewdness. Many thanks for being the best mother a kid could ask for. Have a blast!
• Having a mother like you is undoubtedly the greatest blessing anyone can ever receive from God.
• May God make your happiness His lifelong project. Wishing you only the best, Mom.
• I remember with much fondness your delicious dinners and sweet desserts! Long may you live to show us love by toying with our taste buds. Have a fantastic birthday, Mom!
• I write this short note on your birthday to let you know how immensely grateful I am to you for being the best mother in the entire universe. God bless you so much, Mom.
• Today, I celebrate the woman who empowered me to believe in myself and dream big dreams. But for your guidance, I would be wandering the streets visionless. Here’s to lots of red wine and fun.
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Original Birthday Messages for Dad

• Wishing you the best, Dad. I am so privileged and blessed to have a great man like you as my father. God bless you and keep you safe.
• I can’t thank God enough for choosing me to be your son/daughter and you my father. What a wonderful gift I have in a father like you. Enjoy your birthday, my beloved father and best friend.
• Nothing compares to having an amazing father like you. I hope your birthday is as incredibly wonderful as you are to your children, Dad.
• It is a fact that not every father can decorate their children’s lives like you do, Dad.
• Dad, there is no day that goes by that I don’t appreciate all the amazing things that you do for me. If all children were lucky enough to be blessed with a father like you, then the world would be full of happy people. God bless you, Dad.
• Having you as my father is my greatest source of joy. I must have done something incredibly remarkable in my previous life to be blessed with an angel like you in this lifetime. Best wishes, my dearest father.

Original Birthday Messages for your Boyfriend

• Sweetheart, your birthday provides me with an excellent chance to let you know that I love you from the bottom of my soul and that I’m more than proud to call you the love of my life. Have a beautiful day.
• Babe, may your birthday be as sweet as you are to my heart. I love you.
• Out of the over 7 billion people that inhabit this world, you’re my favorite. I love you in a way that even God can’t fathom.
• Thank you for being careful with my heart. No one has ever taken care of my heart like the way you do.
• Love, kisses, and birthday wishes, darling. In your arms, I am complete.

Original Birthday Messages for your Girlfriend

• I found happiness the very second I found you. May your birthday bring you the extraordinary happiness you bring into my life. Love you.
• My love, every moment with you takes me to paradise. Your love shall forever be the most important thing in my life.
• I used to think true love was something that existed only in fairy tales until I met you. Now, I am staunch believer of true love.
• Words alone would never be sufficient enough to thank you for the immense happiness that your love brings into my heart.
• 174 Cute and Funny Birthday Wishes for your Girlfriend

Original Birthday Messages for your Wife

• My love for you grows hundredfold every second. My finest wishes, love!
• You are an incredibly indispensable part of my life, and I’m so glad you are my wife.
• I have all the happiness in the universe because I have the love of the most phenomenal woman in the world. Enjoy your special day, sweetheart.
• Darling, your love is nothing short of a priceless gift from Heaven. On your Big Day, I just want you to know how grateful I am that you are my beloved wife. Have a fabulous day.
• I must be the most blessed man in this world to get the opportunity to spend the rest of my life with the most amazing woman to have ever graced the surface of this earth. Enjoy this special day, my sweet love.

Original Birthday Messages for your Husband 

• Honey, I am so glad that of all the men in the world, it is you that my heart beats for. Thank you for bringing true happiness into my soul.
• You are as precious to me like the sun is to the earth. There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t sacrifice to make you smile.
• Of all the men who came in and out of my life, you are the only one who measured up. Love and wishes, my sweet husband.
• Wishing a fabulous birthday to the only man in the world whose smile has the power to send me to paradise. I love you so much, sweetheart.

Cute Birthday Messages for Someone You Love

• If I were asked to choose between you and all the riches of the universe, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second choosing you, my dear. To me, you are worth more than the universe and everything in it.
• Best wishes from the one who loves and cares for you the most. May your Big Day be as pleasant as your presence is in my life.
• No one brings the amount of sunshine and joy that you bring into my world, which is why no one will ever occupy your place in my heart. May we forever remain inseparable like planets and gravity.
• While the average person on earth experiences Christmas once every year, I enjoy Christmas every blessed day because I have you in my life. May your birthday be as happy as you make me feel.
• Have a wonderful birthday celebration, my dear. It is my prayer that happiness and your heart will always remain the best of buddies.
• Do you know why my life is so perfect? It is because I have such a special person in it! May your birthday be as extraordinarily happy as you make my life.
• Wishing a super duper happy birthday to the only one whose smile has the ability to warm my heart.
• Sweetheart, you are the reason why everything in my life is meaningful. Many happy returns!
• Happy and blessed is the man/woman lucky enough to have a true friend like you.

• Wonderful people like you are as hard to find as a tear in an ocean. On your birthday, I pray that the sun will always shine in your world.
• I love being alive because you are in my life. Wishing you the very best, my dear friend.
• To say that I am blessed to have someone like you in my life is truly an understatement. I hope you have an exceptionally fabulous birthday, my dear.
• For being such an amazing person in my life, I pray that your birthday brings you ultimate comfort and happiness.
• May this day put into your life the amount of sweetness that you bring into my life.
• As you commemorate your Big Day, I pray that true happiness will be your companion from this special day until the end of time. Thank you for always bringing a smile to my face.
• I don’t need money when I have you by my side because you bring me all the wealth in the universe.
• Happy birthday, my dearest one. You are the perfect ingredient that completes my life. I love you so much.
• You fill my world with love and laughter. It is my wish that someday you will be blessed with as much happiness as you bless me with. Have a truly joyous birthday celebration.
• On your birthday, I wish you good health in abundance and happiness beyond the comprehension of mankind. I love you.
• The moment you entered into my life, I realized for the first time that dreams actually do come true. Happy birthday, my dream come true.
• I live in a joyous and spectacular world because my life has been blessed with such a phenomenal person like you. Happy birthday, my sweet darling.
• Everything about you puts a smile on my face. May every moment of your life be like a dream come true. Happy birthday, my dear.
• May this day draw you closer to living the life you have always imagined for yourself. Have a phenomenally fantastic birthday.
• I totally appreciate all the happiness you bring into my life. Having someone like you in my life is more than a blessing to me.
• As you celebrate your completion of another trip around the sun, do know that the only place that you are guaranteed to forever dwell is my heart. Enjoy your day, my dear.
• You are not only a gift to me, but also a gift to all mankind. On your anniversary, I wish you nothing but good fortune galore all the days of your life.

• May the best things you have enjoyed so far be nothing compared to the awesome things that await you in future. Have a remarkable birthday.
• My sweet angel, you are the reason my face is always aglow with happiness. Never in my life have I come across someone with an exterior and interior beauty that is as breathtaking as yours. I hope you enjoy a truly blissful birthday celebration.
• Enjoy a special day filled with the love of your friends, buddy. Every day I pray that I never forget how blessed I am to have someone precious like you in my life.
• Your birthday is always a day that I celebrate with great joy because it is the day you were brought to this world to decorate my life. I wish your heart is always filled with the type of happiness that can only be found in paradise. Have a great one.
• Wishes from the heart to a phenomenal soul. May your life be sweeter than the sweetest candy in the world.
• Congratulations on successfully making the journey around the sun. As you celebrate today, know that ever since I set my eyes on you, I made it my mission to put happiness in your life. Thank you for making my world sunny and colorful.
• Enjoy your birthday, dear precious one. Celebrate your special day with the knowledge that I will treasure you until my heart stops beating. Thank you for giving me what no human in this world can give me – true happiness.
• I thought true love was something that only existed in myth until the day I found you. With you in my life, the Heavens always smile on me.
• Every blessed day I get to spend with you is the greatest day of my life. Best wishes and love.
• May every candle on your birthday cake bring you a billion blessings. Have a good one.
• Wishing a glorious birthday to the only sunshine I need in this cold world. May oceans of happiness fall upon you on your anniversary.
• Thank you so much for giving me the chance to be in your wonderful life. You make my life sweeter than honey. I hope that someday I can fill your life with happiness beyond measure.

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A friend’s birthday isn’t just an opportunity to get a piece of heavily frosted sheet cake (although that is one of the highlights). It’s also a time to celebrate your friend’s life and let them know what they mean to you. Of course, if it’s a best friend we’re talking about, it’s all the more important to show them some love on their big day.

But what to say? It all depends on the unique relationship you have with your BFF. Regardless of whether you’re looking for heartfelt expression of love, or just a clever little quip, you can find plenty of options in the following list of birthday wishes for a best friend.

Sincere/Emotional

Here are some sweet birthday messages to let your best birthday bud know how much you love them.

Funny

Here are some humorous birthday wishes for your fun-loving friend.

Looking for more hilarious ideas? See our big list of funny birthday messages.

Female Friend

Here are a few birthday messages tailored to a female best friend. For more ideas along these lines, check out this list of ways to say “Happy Birthday, Beautiful!”

Male Friend

Finally, here are some birthday wishes specifically for a male bestie.

Still looking for the perfect way to say Happy Birthday to your best friend? See this list of short birthday wishes.