Phrase tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a pink flamingo standing on one leg, with the words 'Only one foot in the shit' arched above and below it, on a calf.
Pink flamingo with slogan on a calf
Black script tattoo reading 'she believed she could so she did' in three lines across the ribs, partly visible above a white vest top.
Handwritten quote on the ribs
Fine black script lettering on a forearm that begins with the words Daughter of, with the rest of the phrase partly hidden by the angle of the photo.
Script lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading The Feamale Boss across the inner forearm, against a dark sleeve.
Script lettering reading The Feamale Boss on forearm
Fine line black script reading "this too shall pass" across the outer forearm, shown on light skin against a blurred background.
"This too shall pass" script on a forearm
Two black script tattoos on the wrists, reading 'Everyday for the' on the left wrist and '...rest of our lives' on the right.
Script wrist tattoos with 'Everyday for the...' phrase
Fine black cursive script reading one day at a time tattooed across the inner wrist, with light blue painted nails visible at the top of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on an inner wrist
Black brush-style lettering reading I'm fine on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
I'm fine lettering design
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inner forearm, on a light skin tone.
Immeasurably more script on a forearm
Black script lettering in Turkish over pink and blue watercolour splashes on the side of a ribcage, with a teal strap visible above.
Script lettering over watercolour splashes on ribs
Small black lettering reading sick as frick with a short mark beneath it, on the side of a ribcage.
Small lettering tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey fine line script reading so it goes on a forearm, with a small dot above the left side of the lettering.
Script phrase on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line black script tattoo reading let it go on a person's side ribs, just below a black bra strap.
Fine line script reading let it go on the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading C'est la vie on the side of a person's torso, near the ribs.
Fine line C'est la vie script on the side
Black line drawing of a curling swirl, two arcing strokes and two diagonal lines above a handwritten phrase reading I am in control of my emotions, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Swirl and arcs with an affirmation line
Black fine line script tattoo reading fearfully and wonderfully made, running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading All was well across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
All was well script on upper back
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading 'i am because you were' on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Fine script phrase across a shoulder blade
Small black lettering reading let it be in a typewriter-style font on the upper back, with a gloved finger pointing at it.
Let it be lettering on upper back
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading soul meets body across the side of a thigh, with a pale waistband at the top edge of the frame.
Soul meets body script on upper thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Destroy what destroys you across two lines on the inner wrist, above a grey sleeve cuff.
Two-line quote on the inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading good vibes on the side of a torso, just below the ribs, with a grey crop top above it.
Good vibes script on the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading now I'm a warrior across the torso, with fingers with black nail polish resting above it.
Now I'm a warrior script tattoo
Black and white photo of two hands held together in a triangle, with the words what goes around comes back around tattooed in capitals across the fingers.
Quote tattooed across fingers
Black and grey photograph of the words "still I rise." in a typewriter-style font, curved across the inner forearm near the wrist.
"still I rise." lettering on the wrist
Two people in black and grey bras show matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, reading To infinity and and beyond.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script on ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh, showing a wreath of three roses and leaves around a pointing hand and the script Love Me Till I'm Dead.
Rose wreath with hand and script
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Thy will be done, running diagonally across the upper arm.
Thy will be done script on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering reading Taste this kitty on the hip, just above the line of a bikini bottom.
Script lettering on a hip
Black and grey fine line script reading ad maiora on the inner wrist, with the hand raised above it.
Ad maiora script on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading love fearlessly on a woman's shoulder near the collarbone.
Love fearlessly script on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading je t'aime with long looping flourishes, shown as a flash design on a white background, with no placement on the body visible.
Je t'aime script lettering design
Black script lettering reading Expecto Patronum with flourished capitals, tattooed across the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Expecto Patronum script on the wrist
Flash sheet of hand-lettered phrases in black ink on white paper, with two pale blue panels patterned with small stars, shown as lettering designs rather than on skin.
Hand-lettered phrase sheet with star panels
Close photo of the single word Allons-y in black script lettering on a person's side ribs, above a blue and grey top.
Allons-y script lettering on the side ribs
Black and grey lettering reading DON'T LAUGH with a small downward arrow, tattooed on the lower abdomen above a black waistband, with larger black and grey tattoos higher up the torso.
Small Don't Laugh lettering on the lower belly
Black lettering design reading stay weird with a full stop, shown upside down on a plain white background as a tattoo design.
Stay weird lettering design
Black lettering reading Go Your Own Way across a forearm, with waiting room chairs and a checkered floor behind.
Go Your Own Way lettering on forearm
Black and white photo of a Latin phrase, OMNIA CAUSA FIUNT, set in serif capitals across the upper arm in lettering tattoo.
Latin lettering on upper arm
Close view of the words In Christ Alone in black typewriter-style lettering on the upper arm of a person wearing a knitted sleeve.
In Christ Alone lettering on an upper arm
Black blackletter lettering reading CAN'T TOUCH THIS across the lower stomach, shown above black trousers and below a tropical print crop top against a green background.
Can't Touch This lettering across the stomach
Black and grey photo of the phrase 'this too shall pass' in fine line script tattooed on an ankle.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined hand reaching down above the words HUG LIFE and an underline, on the side of the ribs.
Outlined hand and HUG LIFE on the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading One day at a time, placed across the upper chest along the collarbone.
One day at a time script on the collarbone
Fine line black script tattoo reading miles to go across the top of a foot, photographed close up against a blurred room.
Miles to go script on a foot
Fine-line black tattoo on an upper arm of concentric rings with the word HAPPY at the centre and the phrase WHAT TO FOCUS ON above.
Concentric rings with text on upper arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading to the sea on the inner upper arm.
Script phrase on the upper arm
Close-up of a black serif script tattoo reading We're All Mad Here, running diagonally along the inner upper arm of a woman in a maroon top.
We're All Mad Here quote on upper arm