Celebration quotes

A good quote does the work when you're stuck in front of a blank card. The lines below are grouped by where you'd use them, so you can pick and move on.

Anything you take, add a sentence of your own underneath. A quote on its own reads like a greetings card wrote itself.

If you're using one in a toast, say it at the end rather than the beginning - it's the bit people remember.

Short celebration quotes

• Life is a celebration of moments worth remembering.
• Some days are for getting things done. Today isn't one of them.
• Every good thing deserves a fuss.
• Here's to today, and to everyone in the room.
• Celebrate the ordinary and the extraordinary looks after itself.
• Joy shared is joy doubled.

Funny celebration quotes

• I'm not saying it's an excuse for cake, but it's an excuse for cake.
• We're only here for the buffet, and that's fine.
• Any celebration involving a banner is a serious celebration.
• Never trust a party that ends before the cake.
• Age is just a number, and the number is currently on a balloon.
• Behind every good celebration is someone who did all the washing up.

Birthday and milestone quotes

• Count the memories, not the candles.
• Another year, and still the best of us.
• Milestones are just proof you kept going.
• You don't get to this age without collecting some brilliant stories.
• Here's to the years behind, and the ones still to come.

Wedding and anniversary quotes

• Love isn't the big day, it's every ordinary one after it.
• To the two of you - the best team we know.
• Here's to a lifetime of small kindnesses.
• Every year together is worth celebrating properly.
• Choosing each other, again and again. That's the whole trick.

Retirement, new job and achievement quotes

• The end of one chapter is just a good place for a party.
• You earned every one of these slow mornings.
• Hard work looks obvious once it's finished.
• Onwards, and take your time about it.
• Well done. Not everyone would have stuck it out.

Toasts

• To good friends, good food, and getting home safely.
• Raise a glass to the person who made all this happen.
• To absent friends, and to everyone here.
• Here's to us. Who's like us? Very few.
• To the next year, and everyone in it.

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How to write it so it lands

• Always add a personal sentence under a quote.
• In a toast, the quote goes last.
• Match the tone to the room - funny lines need a warmed-up crowd.
• Write the card the night before, not in the car outside.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a good celebration quote for a card?

Short ones work best: "Count the memories, not the candles" or "Joy shared is joy doubled". Add a line of your own underneath so it doesn't read as borrowed.

What do you say in a celebration toast?

Thank the host, name the reason everyone's there, then finish with the quote - it's the line people remember. Keep the whole thing under a minute.

How do you start a celebration speech?

With one specific detail about the person or the day rather than a general greeting. Save the quote for the end.