60th Birthday Card Messages, Wishes, Sayings, and Poems: What to Write?

This is the place to figure out what to write in a 60th birthday card. 60 is a milestone birthday, and it may be someone's last milestone birthday. So that means it's important. You have a great opportunity to wish the 60-year-old a great birthday with a really funny message, cool poem, or neat saying.

Check out the ideas here, edit the messages with some personal details for your card, and leave any good ideas you come up with for others to use at the bottom of the page. Keep your 60-year-old in mind when you read these and picture the senior citizen laughing or getting a warm feeling from reading these.

Funny is usually the best policy for a milestone birthday card message. Here are some ideas to jog your imagination as you work on creating a side-splitting birthday laugh.

1. Congratulations on turning 60. Now you can wear anything you want, and no one will care.
2. Unfortunately, your birthday cake was deemed unsafe by the fire marshall. There's a 59 candle limit.
3. Good thing wrinkles don't come as quickly at the years. Happy 50th wrinkle!
4. Promise me one thing. Please, whatever you do, don't look up the average life expectancy now that you have turned 60.
5. Don't worry, you'll only feel one year older next year when you turn 61.
6. Just think, you'll be 70 in just 10 short years.
7. You can't tell people you are in you 60's any more. You'll have to start telling people that you are 70 now, so they will think that you look good for your age.
8. Now that you're 60, you're going to have to stop acting like a 20-year-old. Your midlife crisis just graduated.
9. Don't think of 60 as ten years older than 50. Think of it as only 1 year older than 59.
10. Congratulations! Only 40 years to go to be a century old.
11. Your secret is safe with me. Congratulations on your 70th... I mean 60th birthday.

Maybe you want to say something meaningful. Or maybe you don't have a great sense of humor. Whatever the reason, here are some serious and sincere 60th birthday wishes.

1. Your 60 years of living have been a great blessing to your family and friends, and our lives are all enriched because of our getting to know you. We're wishing you a great 60th birthday!
2. Have the best birthday you have had in your amazing life. You are an amazing 60-year-old. Happy 60th!
3. I'm wishing you a great 60th full of all the things that you are still wanting to experience. Have fun with the next decade.
4. You have at least 60 things to be grateful for, and I have one at least one... You.

These are little witty remarks you can use for a 60th birthday speech or toast. Feel free to edit these to make them work more smoothly and fit your 60-year-old friend.

1. If time speeds up as you get older, you're going at least 60 miles per hour!
2. Goodbye full price. Hello senior citizen discounts!
3. 60 is really only 40 in metric time.
4. Age is just a number, and yours just starts with a 6 now!
5. At 60, you have the combined wisdom of 6 10-year-olds, the intelligence of 3 20-year-olds, the wit of 2 30-year-olds, and the memory of 60 1-year-olds.
6. A man in his 50s brags about his net worth. A man in his 60s brags about the fish in his net.
7. At 60 you shouldn't stay in the bath or shower too long. The wrinkles might stay.

A poem is a great way to wish someone a birthday, so here are a couple examples of 60th birthday poems you can use. Try to write your own, or you can add some specific details to these to create a personalized 60th poem.

60th Birthday Toast Poem

You made it to a magical age
Everything gets even more fun
Turn 60 and turn a new page
The worries of your 50's are done

Now it's time to live life your way
And love those you love most
This is a milestone 60th birthday
And this poem is your 60th toast

Inspirational 60th Birthday Poem

Time is on your side when you're young
When you hit sixty, time is on your belly
You haven't climbed to the highest rung
But your legs may still feel like jelly

Heaven may be around the corner for you
But great things still await for a 60 year old
There's plenty more things for you to do
Move forward with an attitude that's bold

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