Profoundly inspirational turning 40 quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.
Famous Turning 40 Quotes
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. Madeleine L’Engle
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Chili Davis
You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old. George Burns
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. Bob Hope
Age is no barrier. It’s a limitation you put on your mind. Jackie Joyner Kersee
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. E. E. Cummings
Age is a funny thing. Some people let it affect their lives and others only see it as a new opportunity to live more.
Middle age is when your age begins to show around your middle. Bob Hope
The significance of this day is a celebration of your life, not the funeral of your youth.
None are as old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. Henry David Thoreau
Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older. Louise Hay
The best ten years of a woman’s life are the ten years between 39 and 40.
Age is but a number that you don’t have to reflect on the outside
At a certain age, we learned to see right through it, and that age is now. Anna Quindlen
Life’s milestones are not supposed to be counted, they’re supposed to be celebrated
The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you’ll grow out of it. Doris Day
Wrinkles are tally marks of our birthdays. Here’s to another one!
Middle school is for being like everyone else; middle age is for being like yourself. Victoria Moran
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. Madeleine L’Engle
Stay young at heart and make time to play, even if your age makes you think otherwise.
Women deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of twenty eight and forty. James Thurber
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. Henry David Thoreau
Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. Larry Lorenzoni
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Voltaire
When it comes to staying young, a mind lift beats a face lift any day. Marty Bucella
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka
Turning 40 is a piece of cake and a few extra candles.
You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis
Youth has no age. Pablo Picasso
If you’re 40 years old and you’ve never had a failure, you’ve been deprived. Gloria Swanson
Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again. Eleanor Roosevelt
We don’t understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it. Jules Renard
Take a deep breath and step on through. This is your new chapter.
A birth date is a reminder to celebrate life as well as to update life. Amit Kalantri
Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons. Eli Cass
Another birthday means your life journey is incomplete. May your path be paved with success and guided by love
Getting older is fine. There is nothing you can do to stop it, so you might as well stay on the bus. John Byrne
