Phrase tattoo ideas

468 photos and flash · 98% Lettering, 46% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Fine line black tattoo of a dumbbell with the words DON'T GIVE UP above it, on the outer upper arm of a person photographed from behind.
Dumbbell and lettering on upper arm
A fine line black script quote tattoo runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a teal leather car seat.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Black and white photo of two hands with the words Siempre Contigo in fine script tattooed along the fingers.
Siempre Contigo script on two fingers
Black fine line script tattoo reading na mo amituofo along the ribs of a woman wearing a black bra, seen from the side.
Fine script phrase along the ribs
Black script lettering reading One step at a time across the outer ankle and top of a bare foot, with a woven anklet on the other ankle.
One step at a time script on ankle
Black handwritten script reading 'This too shall pass.' on a plain white background, a lettering design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Handwritten 'This too shall pass' lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading 'nōsce tē ipsum' in a blackletter-style script across the inner forearm, above the wrist, with beaded and braided bracelets.
Latin lettering 'nōsce tē ipsum' on forearm
Black block lettering reading BEER GOES HERE across the web of a hand between the thumb and index finger, with coloured tattoos partly visible at the edges.
Beer goes here lettering on hand
Black blackletter-style lettering reading I'M AWSOME across the upper back, shown in a close photo of bare skin.
I'm awsome lettering across upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I am with you on a pale area of skin, with a dark fabric edge in the corner.
Fine line script reading I am with you
Black fine line script tattoo reading Come along Pond on the side of a bare foot near the ankle.
Come along Pond script on a foot
Black fine line script lettering reading remain in me on a sage green background, a tattoo lettering design with no placement shown.
Remain in me script lettering design
Small black lettering reading let it be on the upper back of a person with brown hair, with a tattooist's gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Black lettering design on a plain white background reading BREATHE in spaced capitals above the handwritten phrase this isn't the end, with no body part shown.
Breathe and this isn't the end lettering
Black and white photo of a fine serif lettering tattoo reading I am significant. on the upper back below the shoulder blade, with dark hair falling over the shoulder.
"I am significant" lettering on a shoulder blade
Two arms crossed over each other, each with matching black lettering reading (it's alright), one on the upper arm and one on the forearm.
Matching (it's alright) lettering on two arms
Close photo of the fine line black script tattoo reading aquí y ahora across the lower abdomen, above a black waistband.
Fine script phrase across the lower abdomen
Black script lettering tattoo reading an Irish phrase across the ribs, shown on skin with a shirt lifted to the side.
Irish script lettering on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Non ducor duco across the side of a person's ribs.
Non ducor duco in fine script on the side
Black handwritten script on a white background reading Better an oops than a what if, shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Better an oops than a what if script
Fine line tattoo of a pastel house lifted by coloured balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on a person's upper back.
Balloon house with Adventure is out there
Two side by side sepia photos of black ink lettering on the inner wrists, reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE in a plain serif style.
Too weird to live and too rare to die wrist script
Black and grey script lettering reading You Only Live Once with soft shading behind the letters, tattooed on an upper arm.
You Only Live Once lettering on an upper arm
Close-up of black script lettering reading 'it takes guts' and a small purple and black ribbon tattoo on a person's ankle.
Script phrase and ribbon on ankle
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Until the very end across the inner wrist, with the hand clenched in a fist above it.
Until the very end script on the wrist
Black and grey fine script tattoo reading Omnia causa fiunt across the inside of a wrist, in a lettering style.
Latin script tattoo on a wrist
Black script lettering running along the side ribs of a person lying down in neon yellow underwear, with part of the phrase readable.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering reading Remember who you are on the inner wrist, beside a beaded woven bracelet and a cowrie shell.
Remember who you are lettering on a wrist
Red script lettering reading stay grindin across the back of a hand holding fanned banknotes, in a Lettering style, placed on the hand.
Script lettering on the back of a hand
Black script lettering reading 'My story isn't over' with a large semicolon beneath the words, tattooed on an ankle.
Semicolon and script 'My story isn't over'
Black script lettering tattoo reading Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game, on the side of a torso below a grey top.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading Expecto Patronum across the inner wrist, in a serif and script style.
Expecto Patronum lettering on a wrist
Black handwritten script reading peace like a river on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Peace like a river handwritten script
Close photo of the words cheers bitches in dark fine-line script lettering across the back of a wrist and hand, against green leaves.
Cheers bitches script on the wrist
Nine small white lettering designs in gold and dark brown script, mostly reading just drunk, with one reading drunk in love, arranged on a white surface.
Just drunk lettering designs in gold script
Black ink lettering reading Expecto Patronum in an arched serif font across the side of a thigh, with dark clothing at the top of the frame.
Expecto Patronum lettering on a hip
Black and white photo of a fine line handwritten script tattoo running down the side of the ribs, partly covered by a dark top and lace bra.
Handwritten script line along the ribs
Fine line black script reading let it be, with three small bird silhouettes above it, on the inner wrist and lower forearm.
Let it be script with three birds on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading Because This Moment Simply Is in a serif typeface across the forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script reading La Vita e Bella on a plain white background, a lettering design drawn without any body placement shown.
La Vita e Bella in fine line script
Black ink Japanese lettering runs vertically down the centre of a person's bare back, photographed from behind.
Vertical Japanese script down the spine
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Daddy's little girl across the wrist and back of a hand, with a jewelled ring on another finger.
Script phrase on the back of a wrist
Black brush lettering tattoo reading "Much virtue in if" in a loose, hand-drawn style on the upper arm.
Much virtue in if lettering on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading La vita è bella across the collarbone and upper chest.
La vita è bella script across the collarbone
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo reading iloveyou on the upper back near the shoulder.
Script phrase below the shoulder
Two fingers with matching black script lettering reading 'til death, a fine lettering style tattoo on the finger joints.
'til death lettering across two fingers
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading it is well in black ink on the inner forearm.
Fine line script reading it is well on forearm
Black script tattoo reading Dance like nobody across the top of a foot, with a smaller line of writing near the toes.
Dance like nobody script on a foot