Looking for something special to say in your wife’s birthday card this year? 

After all, she is the one you lean on. The yin to your yang. The reason you get up in the morning. 

Okay, that’s mainly because she hits you with a pillow to the face if you don’t, but still. Whatever message you want to send this year, you can be sure that you’ll find something in our list of quotes, wishes and birthday phrases for your wife. 

Some of us are lucky enough to meet our one true love right off the bat. 

Here are some messages worthy of all that time spent weathering the storms, celebrating the victories, and putting the toilet seat back down.

Even the silent moments we share together have the power to drown out all of life’s chaos. That’s why we make such a great team. Happy Birthday babe!

“Not even in my weakest moment have I ever considered letting you go.” – Judith McNaught

If I were a pilot, you would be my co-pilot. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

The sparkle in your eyes is what makes me love you, and it increases with every year. Keep it up!

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse

There may be countless people in this world, but to me, you are the very best of them. Happy Birthday!

To my wife on her birthday, you don’t get older, you just get better. Love you!

Happy birthday to my wife. You are now thought of as a classic model!

Every year with you is better than the last. Here’s to many more. I love you!

After all these years together, you still make me feel like the teenage boy who won your heart. You are still my childhood sweetheart.

No matter how old we get, I keep falling for you over and over again.

Who doesn’t love a beautifully penned, romantic message that would make even the greatest of poets wish that they’d thought of it? And some of them have…so here’s some of the best.

Happy birthday to my special wife! You make the world more beautiful just by being in it.

You are my answered prayer, my fulfilled wish, my realised dream.

“When I saw you, I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” – Arrigo Boito

“Take love, multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever. And you still have only a glimpse of how I feel for you.” – Meet Joe Black

I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of the world without you.

“You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known – and even that is an understatement. – F Scott Fitzgerald

For my beautiful wife on her birthday, may your day be just as beautiful as you are.

Wife, I love you more each day, and your birthday should be a day to show you just how much this is.

The gleam in your eye that captivated me and made me fall so deeply in love with you is still there. Happy birthday my love.

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.” – Charles Dickens 

Sometimes we want to take the time to thank our wives for all they do and say just how much better our lives are because they are part of it. 

Here’s some beautiful ways you can thank your wife on her special day.  

Happy birthday to my wife. You dazzle me. I am so happy we get to share this crazy, beautiful life together. I love you!

Happy birthday to my wife. I’m so glad we get to adventure through life together. You make the journey fun, and you always remember snacks. Thank you for being awesome!

Nothing in this life compares to you and nobody has ever done so much for me. You are a true inspiration and a delight to be around. Happy birthday beautiful!

Thank you for all the love and light you bring into my life. I hope your birthday is as wonderful and unforgettable as you are. Enjoy every moment to the fullest. Love you!

You give my life a purpose that helps me overcome all the bad moments and all the anxiety. I am so lucky to have a wife like you. Happy birthday my amazing wife!

You are that woman who transformed my imperfections into perfections, just by the touch of your love. Thank you, my dearest wife. Happy Birthday!

No wife deserves happiness as much as you. Happy birthday and many, many more!

Happy birthday! Thank you for saying yes and coming along with me on this wild ride called life. I wouldn’t want to take it with anyone else but you.

Did you forget until Facebook sent you a reminder?  

Life can get busy, but if you don’t want it to look like you just forgot the most important day of the year, then look no further than these brilliant wife quotes to make it look like you planned it all along.

I know you have a lot of things to do, so I’m going to go ahead and take them off your hands and do them for you. Happy birthday, have the greatest day.

Be thankful to God for giving you such an intelligent life partner who always remembers your birthday. I am the gift!

There is a saying that “Love is Everything!” So, no gifts today, just the love. Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to the boss! May you have a day off from nagging me.

Going out to the cinema today is a waste of time. You are the best movie I want to keep watching all day long. So, let’s stay indoors, just the two of us, and do that. Happy birthday!

I didn’t forget your birthday, I just wanted to prolong the celebration, so your gift comes tomorrow. Happy Birthday!

Forget about the past, it’s too late to change it. Forget about the future, you can’t predict it. And while we’re at it, forget about the present, I forgot to get you one. Just kidding, it’s in the post.

Not all wives are looking for some epic poem or phrase, some love to laugh. After all, they married you, didn’t they? Here’s some funny quotes and phrases to make her smile on her special day. 

“We always hold hands, if I let go, she shops.” – Henry Youngman 

“I married for love but the obvious side benefit of having someone around to find my glasses cannot be ignored.” – Cameron Esposito 

“Love is a lot like backache; it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.” – George Burns 

Our children get their cute faces from you and their immovable stubbornness from me. Did you ever think of what successful politicians they could be? Happy birthday from your partner in world domination.

This is the last time you are going to blow the candles out on one cake…Next year, the candles will be on two cakes. Happy birthday oldie! 

Dearest wife, at least you’re not as old as you will be this time next year. Have a great day! 

The easiest way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it just once! Happy birthday to my darling wife. 

“My wife dresses to kill. She cooks the same way.” – Henry Youngman

Happy birthday to my beautiful wifey, I love you more than chips…and that is a lot! 

Happy birthday to the most beautiful, caring, understanding human being on the face of the planet, whom I will love and support for the rest of my life…regardless of whether I’m allowed to go on that men’s golf outing this weekend. 

A dutiful husband always remembers your birthday but always forgets your age!

Have you been looking for a message that will move her so profoundly, that she will be re-reading your card for years to come? 

Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any either. 

But we did find some beautiful wife quotes and wishes that came close, so we’ve put them in here.

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.” – (Winnie The Pooh) A. A. Milne

“I know, by experience, that the poets are right: love is eternal.” – E. M. Forster

Don’t pinch me! Being with you is like a dream that I never want to wake up from. Happy Birthday.

The best gift in this life is finding a soulmate who knows your faults and weaknesses and loves you anyway. Happy birthday soul mate!

My lovely wife, after I met you, I realised that love is the greatest emotion a man can express. I love you to the moon and back, have the happiest of birthdays.

You are the air that I breathe, the song on my lips and the heartbeat that I would die without. Love you forever.

It’s your birthday, but I’m the one who should be celebrating the most. Because the person I love the most was born on this day.

One day a year isn’t enough to celebrate someone as wonderful as you.

You make everyday feel like my birthday, except I don’t have to blow out any candles because my wish already came true.

At the beginning it’s all birdsong and cheesy smiles. 

You’re in the exciting phase where you still like each other and now you’re hitched, ‘you’ becomes ‘we’. 

So, if you’re looking for a way to send birthday wishes to your new wifey, then this section is for you.

Happy birthday to the woman who has made me the happiest I have ever been when you said, “I do”. For me, each morning I get to wake up next to you is the best of my life. I love you.

I dreamt that you were mine, and then I woke up smiling because I realised that it wasn’t a dream. You’re already mine!

“I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” – Roy Croft

“I want you today, tomorrow, next week and for the rest of my life.” – I. A. Dice

“A good marriage is one where each partner suspects they got the better deal.” – Anonymous

From the first day I saw you, I knew you were the only one for me. Wishing you a very happy birthday from your loving husband.

You are kind, amazing, fantastic, beautiful, and sexy. I’m so glad I married you.

Once in a lifetime someone gets to meet someone, but I have been fortunate enough to marry this special someone! I hope you have a beautiful birthday.

No words can ever be enough to explain how truly special your wife is to you. Which is why it’s best to couple it with roses, chocolates, and something sparkly. 

If she’s also a mum, throw in trips to the bathroom on her own and a cup of tea that’s still warm when she gets to it and you’re onto a winner.

One final note; if you’re planning to go with the same tired message as last year, can I be the one to point out that 73% of the audience who watch those true crime shows about getting away with murder, are women. 

So, if your wife is not enjoying a wonderfully thought-out birthday celebration this year, she’s probably at home watching one of these…and plotting.

Make your wife’s day. Go ahead and write a special birthday quote for her.