Phrase tattoo ideas

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

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Close photograph of a small black fine line script tattoo of a partly visible phrase on the upper thigh, beside a lace skirt and a brown leather bag strap.
Fine script quote tattoo on a thigh
Close-up of the inner wrist and palm showing the words "one of two" in thin black cursive lettering on the forearm.
"one of two" script on an inner wrist
Black script reading Life goes on above a thin heartbeat line tattooed on a lower leg.
Life goes on script with heartbeat line
Black line lettering design arranged in a circle reading 'What goes around comes around', shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Circular 'What goes around' lettering design
Close-up of the words Thick as Thieves in fine black script on the inner forearm near the elbow, with blurred bottles in the background.
Thick as thieves script on forearm
Woman seen from behind with a small black script tattoo reading 'a love supreme' on her upper back, hair in a bun, city balcony behind her.
Small script phrase on upper back
Black handwritten script reading let love grow on a plain white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Let love grow handwritten lettering design
Lettering design of the French phrase Je veux vivre dans mes rêves in a tan italic script on a white background, with no body part shown.
French script phrase in tan ink
Back of a woman's neck showing the words No Day But Today in black script lettering tattooed across the nape.
No Day But Today script on the neck
Black fine line script reading side by side across the ribs, partly covered by a grey knitted jumper, with a small dot to the right.
Script phrase along the ribs
Back of a woman's neck showing a black fine-line recycling symbol above the words Please Use Me Again in a plain sans-serif lettering style.
Recycling symbol and phrase at the nape
Fine line script tattoo reading expecto patronum in dark ink along the upper arm, just past a blue sleeve.
Expecto patronum script on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Trust your struggle across the upper chest below the collarbone, in a lettering style.
Script lettering along a collarbone
Small black fine line lettering reading don't panic on the upper arm, with a green knit sleeve pushed up above it.
Don't panic lettering on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading my story isn't over yet with a semicolon above its end, across a forearm.
Semicolon and script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading ad infinitum on the side of a person's ribs, with a hand lifting red fabric above it.
Ad infinitum script on the side ribs
Black and white photo of a black script tattoo reading "Monsters are real" on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
"Monsters are real" script on a wrist
Black fine line script lettering reading valar morghulis on the inner wrist of a raised arm, against a blurred tree background.
Small script lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey flash design of a stippled full moon above the script words Fly me to the moon, shown on a plain light background with no body placement visible.
Full moon with script lettering flash
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with three stacked ribbon banners reading Fortune favors the hustle, shown on paper with no placement on the body.
Fortune favors the hustle ribbon banner
Black fine line script tattoo reading I'll be seeing you on a forearm, with a metal bracelet visible at the top of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading walk by faith across the top of a foot, photographed against a wooden deck.
Walk by faith script on a foot
Black and grey script tattoo reading "life is good" in lettering style on the side of a torso, below a black sports bra.
"Life is good" script on the ribs
Close crop of a person in a navy paisley print T-shirt with a small black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm.
Small script tattoo on an upper arm
Small black hand-lettered tattoo reading BOYS SUCK on the lower leg above a white sock, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Small handwritten lettering on a calf
Black script lettering reading La Vita è Bella with flourished guillemet ornaments at each end, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
La Vita è Bella script lettering
Close view of black lettering reading Hier kommt die Sonne in a blackletter style across the back of a woman's neck.
Two-line lettering on the back of the neck
Fine line cursive script reading C'est la vie across the upper back, just below the nape of the neck, on a person with dark hair tied up.
C'est la vie script across the upper back
Black and white photo of two hands with hand-lettered "I love you" script tattooed across the fingers, in a lettering style on the fingers.
"I love you" script on two fingers
Black lettering tattoo reading stay gold in flowing script on the forearm of a bare arm, raised against a brick wall.
Stay gold script on a forearm
Fine line black lettering stacked across the inner wrist, with a red and blue checked shirt cuff below.
Stacked lettering on inner wrist
Black script lettering design reading Doubt me then watch me on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Doubt me then watch me script lettering
Close-up photo of fine line black script reading I am enough tattooed on skin, with the lettering flowing into a looped swash under the final word.
I am enough script tattoo on skin
Black serif lettering on an inner forearm reads may I never be complete, may I never be content and may I never be perfect.
Three-line quote in serif lettering on an arm
Fine line black script reading We Are Wild? on a person's arm, shown beside a handwritten copy of the same phrase on paper.
We Are Wild script on an arm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading In Christ Alone across the upper arm, in a lettering style.
In Christ Alone lettering on an upper arm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading With faith comes hope, ending in a small heart, on the side of a woman's ankle and foot.
With faith comes hope script on ankle
Black and grey fine line script reading Hakuna Matata across the forearm.
Hakuna Matata script on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm, with a white vest top and dark hand at the edge of the frame.
Script quote reading this too shall pass on upper arm
Black script tattoo reading Don't stop believing... across the top of a foot, in a lettering style with a bold, joined stroke.
Don't stop believing script on a foot
Two side-by-side photos of a lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE, in black ink.
Too weird to live and too rare to die on the wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading live forever on the upper back of a woman with a side braid.
Live forever script on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo of a short phrase across a shoulder, with a white top strap visible.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black and white photo of the inner arm with the Latin phrase Cogito Ergo Sum tattooed in a typewriter-style serif font.
Cogito ergo sum lettering on inner arm
Black fine line cursive script reading one of two on the inner wrist, with the palm of the hand raised above it against a brown towel.
One of two script on an inner wrist
Thin black uppercase lettering design reading BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY on a plain white background, shown as a lettering flash with no body placement.
Block lettering quote design
Small black lettering reading be here now on the inner wrist and forearm, with a grey sleeve and brown shoes visible in the frame.
Be here now lettering on the inner wrist
Handwritten script lettering reading don't fear with a full stop, drawn in gold ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Don't fear script lettering design