Find the perfect congratulations messages for every occasion.

The occasion could be a graduation, a milestone anniversary, or the choice to take the first step in a long journey. Congratulations messages go further than well-wishes. They show recognition while preparing the achiever for whatever comes next.

Each of the following congratulations messages is a launch pad into something meaningful. Whether you personalize a message or use them as-is, they can become the lasting echo of someone’s success.

Congratulations messages for graduations.

Graduating is an achievement. Preschoolers look to kindergarten with glee. High schoolers look to trade school or college with excitement. Newly conferred doctors look in awe back at decades of school behind them.

Congratulate the graduates in your life with personalized graduation card messages, graduation decorations (like posters and banners), and social media shoutouts like Instagram stories and more. This is an achievement worth celebrating, starting with the perfect congratulations messages.

• Today, you close one chapter, but the pen is still in your hand. Write something incredible when you turn the page.

• This isn’t a milestone, it’s a masterpiece. You painted every stroke and met every challenge. Congratulations.

• You now hold a diploma, which means you’re officially allowed to correct people at dinner parties.

Funny congratulations messages are perfect for close friends.

• Every goal you reach is proof that you’re capable of even bigger things. Celebrate today, and dream even bigger tomorrow.

• Today is proof that you’re not just dreaming of a future, you’re creating it.

No graduation is something just handed to us. People don’t “make it to the end,” they raze their path to get there.

• This diploma is like your receipt for all the late nights, self-doubt, and challenges you pushed through.

• You weren’t just tested on exams, you were tested on discipline and commitment. Congratulations.

• Graduation isn’t an ending, it’s the launchpad for the person you’re going to become.

• Your graduation proves that procrastination, caffeine, and last-minute study sessions can actually lead to success.

Savor the funny congratulations messages when the graduate opens your card and laughs.

• Every book you read, every hour you studied, every challenge you tackled led you here. You’ve won confidence as well as knowledge.

• You’ve turned effort into achievement and stress into success. Congratulations.

• The best thing about your graduation isn’t the diploma, it’s the person you became along the way.

• By completing this program, you built the foundation for the next version of yourself. I can’t wait to see what you build next.

• Some people graduate with honors, but you’re graduating with something even better: proof that persistence beats perfection. I’m so proud.

Some graduation messages recognize those people who worked extra hard or faced special struggles to get to where they are.

• Remember when you thought this was the hard part? That’s adorable. Welcome to the real world.

• Look at your diploma, and you’ll see a thousand moments of determination and drive.

Congratulations messages for a new baby or adoption.

Cute congratulations messages for a new baby or an adoption focus on the excitement of what’s next while recognizing what led to this moment. A couple making the decision to bring a life into this world is no small thing, and families who jump the hoops for an adoption face their own series of challenges.

The go-to congratulations messages for a new baby might be punny or sweet, but the most heartfelt messages recognize the challenges overcome and the ones the family is about to face, and they do so in the most celebratory way possible.

• Welcome to a lifetime of little giggles, big messes, and even bigger love.

• There’s no greater honor than being the one this little soul will call “home.”

• Congratulations — your house will now be ruled by someone who weighs less than 10 lbs.

Funny congratulations messages are perfect to add to cards and letters.

• A child’s birth is the birth of a new chapter with a new kind of love you’ll never want to put down.

• Congratulations on your beautiful new family member.

Short and sweet, this congratulations message can fit into photo collages, banners, and flyers to make for the happy family.

• Welcome to the greatest adventure of all, where your love grows deeper and your heart has never been so full.

• You just created a whole new person. If that isn’t worthy of celebration, I don’t know what is.

• Parenthood is proof that some of the most incredible things in life are both exhausting and breathtaking at the same time.

• Some moments are too big for words, and this is one of them. Congratulations.

• This is the moment in your love story when everything changes. Congratulations.

Congratulations messages for a new baby recognize the decisions leading up to the birth as well as the challenges and rewards of the future.

• One day, this tiny person will understand just how incredible their parents are. Until then, they’ll grow wrapped in your love.

• You’re now officially responsible for a tiny human who thinks you’re the best person in the world (until the teenage years).

• Parenthood is a journey like no other, and you’ve just set out on the journey.

• Your family has grown by the tiniest feet and the biggest love imaginable.

• Congratulations on making a whole person. Wishing you a lifetime of love and laughter.

• Your baby is still small, but your new title as parent is huge. Congratulations.

When you use this message in projects like cards or posters, you can highlight the word “parent” to call extra attention to it.

Congratulations messages for weddings and anniversaries.

Weddings and anniversaries are momentous occasions that celebrate more than love — they recognize the compromise, commitment, and growth that helped the couple get there.

Bring your best congratulations messages to the next wedding or use them in anniversary cards and letters. You’ll help celebrate the work — and the payoff — that goes into “happily ever after.”

• Congratulations on understanding each other’s quirks, sharing each other’s dreams, and loving one another as you are.

• Your love is proof that two hearts can find their way to each other no matter the chaos of the world.

• Congratulations to two people who saw the best in each other and decided to build a future on it.

It can come off as cliché to call people “perfect for each other.” Celebrate people who discover the best in each other instead.

• Many people search for the right person, but only a few are wise enough to know when they’ve found them.

• A wedding isn’t the end of single life, it’s the beginning of a partnership where love, trust, and fries are shared equally.

Wedding congratulations messages can be used in cards, letters, and wedding event invitations, flyers, announcements, banners, and more.

• Love isn’t enough. Wisdom, patience, and trust are behind what you have. Congratulations on showing true love and devotion.

• Your love story just leveled up to the “forever” edition. May it be filled with laughter, adventures, and growth.

This funny congratulations message lends itself to meme-like social media graphics with a gamer theme.

• You’ve built a partnership of respect with a love strong enough to last a lifetime. That’s what makes today worth celebrating.

• Of all the people in the world, you found the one who sees you completely and loves you fully. Congratulation.

• Congratulations on signing the longest contract of your life.

• The world could use more stories like yours: real, strong, and built on something deeper than words.

• Congratulations on finding the partner worth choosing every day, forever.

• A successful marriage takes two people deciding to show up for each other every day, and that’s what you’ve done.

Use this message in a heartfelt letter for a milestone anniversary.

Congratulations messages for major achievements of every kind.

Every achievement can be celebrated. Fortunately, some congratulations messages are open-ended for any occasion and can be personalized for added impact. The more specific you can be with your congratulations messages, the more memorable they become.

It feels good to be recognized, and these congratulations messages give you the best ideas to acknowledge and celebrate any recipient.

• You turned hard work into achievement and dreams into reality. Congratulations.

Use this congratulations message for someone who just bought their first home.

• You didn’t just reach a milestone, you redefined what you’re capable of.

• No one handed this to you. You created it. You put in the time, passion, and work, and now you get to revel in the results.

• I hope this success comes with a trophy, or at least a really great parking spot.

Play with funny congratulations messages for a new job that someone is excited about.

• I hope you take a moment to celebrate how far you’ve come. Then, I hope you keep going.

Why not congratulate someone for a milestone on a longer journey to something even greater?

• This is what happens when passion meets persistence. I’m so proud of you.

• You’ve officially earned the right to casually humblebrag about this for at least the next year.

• You worked for this. Now, you get to celebrate this. Congratulations.

• Achievements like this don’t just happen, they’re built choice by choice.

• This is a reminder of what happens when you bet on yourself. You’ve bet wisely and won.

• Your achievement is inspiring, but also a little unfair, because now the rest of us have to step up our game.

Funny congratulations messages are often the best for social media posts to blast your well-wishes publicly.

• Success is, in part, reaching a goal. It’s also in the quiet moments of dogged perseverance and the small wins that built you up to this moment.

• Not everyone has the courage to chase their goals, let alone the grit to achieve them. You’ve proven both.

• Congratulations. Now go reward yourself with something completely unnecessary but totally deserved.

• Great things happen when effort meets opportunity, and this achievement proves that you were ready when your moment arrived.

• Every milestone is a reminder that you’re on the right path. Take a moment to celebrate this one, then get ready for even greater things ahead.

Tips to have even more fun with congratulations messages.

There are many ways to deliver heartfelt messages of congratulations. In fact, you have so many fun options that it makes sense to put your best congratulations messages to work with multiple surprises for each occasion.

For example, think about making:

• Social media posts for a little public admiration.
• A desktop background to surprise a coworker as soon as his or her computer boots up.
• Personalized cards or letters.
• Banners and posters to decorate for an event.
• Flyers, invitations, and announcements that spread the word about an event to celebrate a milestone or achievement.
• Custom collages of moments that led up to the achievement.
• “Just for fun” certificates you make to put an achievement into your own words.

Exercise: Personalize your congratulations messages even more.

To personalize your congratulations messages even more, try these steps:

1. Start with a message you love, no matter what kind of achievement it’s about.
2. Is the message about hard work or new beginnings? Add more specifics to match the achievement.
3. Or, if the message is already specific but for another kind of achievement, change some of the words to match the occasion.

For example, “you’ve earned the right to humblebrag about this” can be turned into, “you’ve earned the right to humblebrag about being a marathoner.”

Or, “your hard work turned late nights into a diploma” can be changed to “your hard work turned house hunting into a home.”

Adobe Express can help.

Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite congratulations messages to work. If you want to use congratulations messages in cards, letters, posters, banners, photo collages, flyers, or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to transmit, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.

Design with your message