40th Birthday Wishes

Forty is the age when you already have experience, a career and a family, and still plenty of energy and plans. Here you will find 40th birthday wishes in your own words, for a woman and a man, funny messages, wishes for your love, short texts and poems. Ukrainians most often search for wishes in their own words (900 searches a month) and funny wishes for a woman (800).

For more humor, see our funny birthday wishes, and for the next milestone — our 50th birthday wishes.

40th birthday wishes in your own words

• Happy 40th birthday! Forty is the age when you know what you want and have the strength to get it. I wish the second half of your life to be even brighter than the first.
• Happy milestone birthday! You have achieved so much over these years, and there is so much more ahead. Thank you for your friendship, support and humor. May all your plans come true.
• Happy 40th! I wish you health, a good balance between work and rest and people around you to share every joy with.

40th birthday wishes for a woman

• Happy 40th birthday! You are the kind of woman who only grows more attractive and wiser with the years. I wish you beauty, confidence and happy days.
• Happy milestone birthday! May forty be the start of your best decade yet, full of travel, new passions and love.
• Happy 40th! May you always be surrounded by people who value you, and may your mirror greet you with a smile every day.
• Happy milestone birthday! I wish you happiness, inner harmony and the strength to chase all your dreams.

40th birthday wishes for a man

• Happy 40th birthday! I wish you health, energy and new heights. May every project succeed and may support always wait for you at home.
• Happy milestone birthday! Forty is the age of strength, experience and determination. May luck be on your side and your friends close by.
• Happy 40th! May you have time for your career, your family and your favorite hobbies.
• Happy milestone birthday! I wish you new goals, bold decisions and plenty of reasons to be proud every year.

Funny 40th birthday wishes

• Happy 40th! They say life begins at forty — so happy birthday, newborn!
• Happy milestone birthday! At forty a woman knows her worth — and it clearly goes up every year.
• Happy 40th! I officially declare that you are not forty, you are twenty with twenty years of experience.
• Happy 40th! You are now officially old enough to give advice to young people — and they might even listen sometimes.
• Happy milestone birthday! Forty is like the second half of a football match: the most exciting part is still ahead.
• Happy 40th! May you have the energy of a twenty-year-old, the wisdom of a sixty-year-old and the parties of a five-year-old.

40th birthday wishes for your love

• Happy 40th birthday, my love! You are beautiful at any age, and especially now. Thank you for every day together.
• Happy milestone birthday, my love! You are my rock and my best friend. May the next forty years be even happier together.

Short 40th birthday wishes

• Happy 40th! May the best be yet to come!
• Happy milestone birthday! Health, happiness and bold dreams.
• Happy 40th! You look amazing — you could pass for 30.
• Happy milestone birthday! Energy, inspiration and a great mood.

40th birthday poems

Forty years — a perfect date,
With wisdom earned and strength to spare,
May happiness be never late
And luck be with you everywhere!

At forty, just like twenty-two,
May your heart stay young and light,
May luck be with you in all you do
And every day be bright!

Flowers for a 40th birthday

A bright modern bouquet suits a 40th birthday: spray roses, a designer arrangement or flowers in a box. Find more ideas in our birthday wishes for a woman and birthday wishes for a man.

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More ideas in our birthday flowers and roses collections.

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FAQ

Do people celebrate turning 40?

There is a folk superstition in Ukraine that it is better not to celebrate turning 40, but it is only a belief. Many people celebrate their 40th like any other birthday, with close friends and family. What matters most is that the birthday person feels comfortable.

What should I wish someone on their 40th birthday?

Health, energy, a balance between work and family and the courage to make their dreams come true.

How can I make 40th birthday wishes original?

Collect 40 wishes from friends, put together a selection of shared photos or add a funny card to the bouquet.

For those turning thirty — our 30th birthday wishes.

The next milestone — our 45th birthday wishes.

A half-round milestone: 35th birthday wishes.

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Author: Maria Svitlovir

Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.