Birthday "A birthday is a time to reflect on the year gone by, but also to set your goals for the upcoming year." Catherine Pulsifer "Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time." Jean Paul Richter "You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." Bob Hope Ages "Forty s kind of like New Year s. It s an age to think about what you ve done up till now, and what you ought to do in the future." Eric Berne Maturity "Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you ve had, and what you’ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated." Author Unknown Life "The quality, not the longevity, of one s life is what is important." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Getting Old "We don t stop playing because we grow old. we grow old because we stop playing." George Bernard Shaw "You re not getting older, you re getting better." Author Unknown