funny birthday quotes for friends

An older sister helps one remain half child, half woman. ~Author Unknown


The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones. ~Gabirol (Solomon ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol), The Choice of Pearls


It was a very lonely spirit that looked out from underneath those shaggy brows and comprehended men without fully communing with them, as if in spite of all its genial efforts at comradeship, it dwelt apart, saw its visions of duty where no man looked on. ~Woodrow Wilson


Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. ~Confucius


Yoga is possible for anybody who really wants it. Yoga is universal.... But don't approach yoga with a business mind looking for worldly gain. ~Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois


Jesus died too soon. He would have repudiated His doctrine if He had lived to my age. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. ~Alphonse Karr


Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one! ~John A. MacDonald


Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. ~Haim G. Ginott


To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes. ~Antoine Rivarol


No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage. ~Henry S. Haskins


I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal - and soon they'll forget my number. ~Edith Armstrong


I will look on the stars and look on thee, and read the page of thy destiny. ~Letitia Elizabeth Landon


My urges to write poetry are lesbian, but whatever compels me to prose is straight. ~Agave Powers


The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals. ~Leo Tolstoy


Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles. ~Sonja Henie


Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it." ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960


Started in 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done. ~avert.org, 2006


I recently became a Christian Scientist. It was the only health plan I could afford. ~Betsy Salkind


One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. ~George Herbert