Inspirational Sayings

40th Birthday Sayings

Turning 40 is a milestone in life. Share our collection of 40th birthday sayings with those who are hitting that magic age. Many of the sayings are inspirational, some are funny and others are just a fact of life. We hope you enjoy them. As the saying goes, "40 is the youth of old age."
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"Time and Tide wait for no man,
but time always stands still for a woman of forty."

"Forty isn't old, if you're a tree."

"Life begins at forty. "

"You're not 40,
you're eighteen with 22 years experience."
Author Unknown

"Just remember, once you're over the hill you
begin to pick up speed."
Charles M. Schultz

"You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older."
Anouk Aimee

"At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty the wit; at forty the judgment."
Benjamin Franklin

"The first forty years of life give us the text, t
the next thirty supply the commentary on it."
Schopenhauer

"From forty to fifty a man must move upward,
or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

"Middle age is when your age starts to show around the middle."
Bob Hope

"Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once."
Dave Barry

"At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At 40, we don't care what they think of us. At 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all."
Ann Landers

"Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same."
Audrey Hepburn

"We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it."
Jules Renard

“The PURPOSE of life is to discover your gift. The MEANING of life is giving your gift away.”
David Viscott

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