Quote tattoo ideas

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Pencil sketch design of a shaded feather with a flock of birds rising from its tip and the script words sometimes you gotta fall before you fly along its length.
Feather with birds and script quote
Black ink drawing of a compass rose inside a pocket watch case with a calligraphic quote beside it, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass in a pocket watch case with quote
Black ink drawing of the hand-lettered words and if not he is still good, framed by a wreath of leaves, ferns and small flowers, shown as a design with no body placement.
Hand-lettered quote in a leafy wreath
Black line drawing of overlapping circles of varying sizes above the words You are Loved by so Many and so Much and By no One more than ME, on a white background.
Overlapping circles with quote lettering
White script lettering on a black background reading We're all stories in the end, just make it a good one, set inside a police box outline, shown as a lettering flash design with no body placement.
Police box with script quote design
Black and white crest design with a letter H, the number 221B, a TARDIS, a pentagram, a bird and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost.
Crest with TARDIS and quote banner
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
Black fine line script lettering reading focus on the good, drawn on a plain white background as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Focus on the good in fine line script
Black line drawing of a lettering design reading The Mountains Are Calling And I Must Go, with three peaks above and a ribbon banner below, in a lettering style.
The mountains are calling lettering design
Black fine-line handwritten script design reading she who is brave is free on a plain white background, with no body placement visible.
Script quote reading she who is brave is free
Black line drawing of a razor blade beside hand-lettered text reading "If I were you, I'd put that away" and "Darling, you'll be okay" on a white background.
Razor blade with hand-lettered quote
Pencil drawing of a shaded feather that breaks into a flock of birds, with the words take those broken wings and learn to fly written along it.
Feather turning into flying birds
Black line drawing of the words Follow your heart in mixed lettering, with a simple arrow and a solid heart on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Follow your heart lettering with arrow
Black line flash design of an anchor with a small heart at its base, with the script words 'A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.' written above and below it.
Anchor with heart and sailor quote
Black flowing script lettering reading it ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it, drawn on a plain white background in a lettering style.
Script quote lettering design
Black tribal-style scorpion tattoo design on a white background, with a bold printed quote beneath it.
Tribal scorpion design with quote
Black ink flash sheet of lettering quotes, including follow your dreams, let it go, you got this and be strong and courageous, decorated with arrows and feathers, with no body placement shown.
Arrow and lettering quote flash sheet
Black line drawing of an arched headstone with a small winged cherub at the top, the words EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND NOTHING HURT in outlined capitals, and tufts of grass at the base.
Headstone with angel and quote
Black hand-lettered script reading choose joy on a white background, with soft grey brush texture and no body placement shown.
Choose joy hand lettering design
Black line drawing of a deer-like creature with a flowing mane, with the words NEVER RUN above and FROM ANYTHING IMMORTAL below, on a white background.
Deer-like creature with NEVER RUN lettering
Black flash design of a feather dissolving into flying birds, with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not beside it.
Feather turning into birds with script quote
Black flash design of a bird silhouette in flight beside the script words 'don't just fly... soar', with no body placement shown.
Bird silhouette with 'don't just fly... soar' script
Handwritten lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love and live the life you live, drawn in black ink on paper.
Infinity quote lettering design on paper
Black fine line script reading Dreams do come true followed by a solid mouse ears silhouette with a small heart, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dreams do come true script with mouse ears
Black line design of a feather with a flock of birds rising above script lettering that reads Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Black and grey line drawing of a pair of scissors with a skull-like blade guard, wrapped in a ribbon, with the word Capricorn beneath it.
Capricorn scissors and ribbon design
Black script lettering on a white background reading Give Me Strength when I'm standing and Faith when I fall, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Script quote design: Give Me Strength
Black and grey tattoo design with the words She is clothed in strength and dignity, framed by blossom branches and two butterflies.
Proverbs 31:25 lettering with blossom and butterflies
Handwritten lettering in black ink on pale paper, forming an infinity symbol with the words Live the life you love, as a flash design for a lettering tattoo.
Live the life you love infinity lettering
Black fine-line handwritten script reading "you got this." on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
"You got this." handwritten script design
Black and grey ink drawing of a scorpion with a raised tail, framed by fern fronds and plant sprigs, with the word Scorpio and a short quote beneath.
Scorpio scorpion with ferns
Black handwritten script reading "And she will be loved" on a white background, with a single sweeping stroke above the first word, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Handwritten "And she will be loved" lettering
Black lettering design of a multi-line quote mixing script, typewriter and bold brush fonts, with star marks and swirl flourishes on a white background.
Quote lettering in mixed script fonts
A two-line black script lettering design reading a quotation about strength, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Script quote on strength and survival
Black handwritten script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story on a pale cream background, drawn as a flash design for a tattoo.
Script lettering reading The struggle is part of the story
Black script lettering of the French phrase 'Mon cœur est à toi' set over four lines on a plain white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
French script quote, 'Mon cœur est à toi'
Black ink tattoo design of birds, a dandelion and the script words "if you're a bird, then I'm a bird" on a golden painted background.
Birds, dandelion and script quote design
Black script lettering design reading Fall down seven times, stand up eight on a plain white background, in a Lettering style.
Script quote reading fall down seven times
Black design of a feather with birds lifting away and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with no body part visible.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Black ink hand-lettered design on a white background reading Thanks for the pain, It made me raise my game, with small decorative dots and curls.
Thanks for the pain lettering design
Black line drawing of a dove carrying a small sprig, with the words Let Go, Let God in flowing script, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Dove with script reading Let Go, Let God
Pencil drawing of a compass with a banner reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Compass with quote banners
Handwritten black script reading "with you, I am home." in a fine line lettering design on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Handwritten "with you, I am home" script
Black script lettering on a white background in a flowing calligraphic style, with a large decorative initial letter, set out as a design for a lettering tattoo.
Calligraphic script quote design
Black script lettering design reading Dolci sogni on a white background, a lettering-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dolci sogni script lettering design
Flourished script lettering reading All that glisters is not gold, with a smaller line beneath, shown as a black and grey design with no body placement.
All that glisters is not gold lettering
Black brush-script lettering reading Carpe Diem on a white background, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Carpe Diem brush lettering
Black silhouette design of a flock of birds flying upward beside fine script reading "with my God given Grace I will carry on", shown on a plain white background.
Flock of birds with script quote