Quote tattoo ideas

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Black and grey brush lettering design reading BROKEN CRAYONS STILL COLOR, stacked over four lines on a white background.
Broken crayons still color lettering
Pencil flash design of two heart-shaped dreamcatchers with feathers and butterflies, above and below a line of cursive script; no body placement shown.
Heart dreamcatchers, butterflies and script on paper
Black linework drawing of a dreamcatcher with three hanging feathers and a quote lettered around the hoop, shown as a flash design.
Dreamcatcher with feathers and quote
Black and grey fine line design of a dandelion clock releasing seeds towards two birds, with the words this too shall pass written along the stem.
Dandelion seeds with script stem design
Black and white circular design of a night sky with stars, mountains, pine trees and a lake, with the quote I HAVE LOVED THE STARS TOO FONDLY TO BE FEARFUL OF THE NIGHT.
Circular night sky with pine trees and quote
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
Grey pencil-style drawing of a cartoon creature sitting beside a small heart and a butterfly, with the script words There's always something worth living for beneath.
Cartoon creature with butterfly and quote design
Black line drawing of a triangle, circle and vertical line with the script words Until the very end beneath it, a sketched design with no body placement shown.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quote
Black handwritten script reading There's a blessing in the storm on a white background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Lettering quote: There's a blessing in the storm
Black line drawing of a heart outline with flowing script lettering running along its edges, shown in three variants on a white background.
Heart outline with script lettering
Fine line drawing of a hand mid finger snap with the words SNAP OUT OF IT across the fingers, shown as a flash design for a hand tattoo.
Snap out of it hand design
Black and grey flash design of a globe with a botanical sprig border and script lettering reading Be the change you hope to see in the world.
Globe with botanical lettering design
Greyscale tattoo design drawing of a butterfly above a pocket watch with Roman numerals, with a ribbon banner reading Memories last forever.
Butterfly and pocket watch with script banner
Black line flash sheet of two matching script quotes labelled her tattoo and his tattoo, with swirling black flourishes.
Matching couple script quotes with swirls
Black cursive script tattoo lettering design on a white background, reading 'Lose your mind.' above 'Find your soul.'
Two-line cursive script quote design
Black ink sketch of a mountain range above the handwritten script words the mountains are calling, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Mountain range with script quote
Black ink handwritten script on a white background reading Progress NOT Perfection, a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Progress not perfection handwritten lettering
Black and grey hand-drawn design of a stack of books with the words I might read until I feel better in lettering across the spines.
Stack of books with a reading quote
Collage of black line temporary tattoo designs themed on Harry Potter, including a lightning bolt, Deathly Hallows, round glasses and quote lettering, shown on a sheet, on grass and on a pair of legs.
Harry Potter temporary tattoo designs
Black line drawing of the handwritten words One of a kind in fine script lettering on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
One of a kind handwritten script
Black script lettering reading Hakuna Matata, with It means no worries beneath it, on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Hakuna Matata lettering design
Black handwritten-style lettering design reading Tick Tock Goes the clock on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Tick Tock Goes the clock lettering
Black and grey line drawing of a cluster of flowers and leaves with the Taurus symbol, a dotted arc and sun rays, above the word Taurus.
Taurus zodiac flowers with sun rays
Line drawing flash of a yellow crescent moon above a ribbon banner reading Fighting evil by moonlight, with a second banner reading Winning love by daylight, on a pink background.
Crescent moon and banner quote design
Black fine script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Script quote with two outlined hearts
Black script lettering on a white background reading 'La vita è un sogno', a tattoo design in a flowing calligraphic style.
Italian script quote 'La vita è un sogno'
Hand-drawn ornate lettering design reading out of the ashes we rise, in black ink on grid paper, with no placement on the body shown.
Out of the ashes we rise lettering design
Black cursive script lettering on a plain white background, reading "I didn't give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you."
Script quote design, gift of life
Black line drawing flash design of two birds facing each other beneath a banner reading YOU HOLD THE KEY, with keys, leaves and a keyhole framed in a central oval.
Two birds with keys and a banner
Black ink hand-lettered design of a phrase on tan kraft paper, with no skin or body placement shown.
Hand-lettered phrase on kraft paper
Flash design of cartoon cats on three ribbon banners reading I want to pet every cat in the world, with no placement shown.
Cats on banners with a pet quote
Black ink fine line drawing of a sailing ship on waves with the words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor and a dangling anchor, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sailing ship, waves and anchor with quote
Graphite drawing of a shaded lion cub silhouette within a circle, with the words Remember who you are beneath it, shown as a tattoo design.
Lion cub silhouette with quote
Line drawing of a purple awareness ribbon with feathered angel wings and the word Survivor, with script quotes above and below, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Purple ribbon with angel wings and script
Black line drawing of a stylised face in a curved outline with a handwritten quote beneath it reading I do not let my insecurities overtake me.
Abstract face line drawing with quote
White fine line script reading Remember why you started on a plain black background, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Remember why you started script lettering
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with the words we were, AND IN THAT MOMENT I SWEAR and infinite woven into an infinity symbol, shown on plain paper.
Infinity loop with lettered quote design
Black flash design of two swallows in flight above the words we only part to meet again, set in black lettering on white.
Two swallows above a quote
Black and grey flash sheet of anchor designs with script quotes, including a large engraved-style anchor with rope and a small anchor beside the words I refuse to sink.
Anchor and lettering tattoo flash sheet
Black and white flash design of a small bird perched on a branch above a three-part banner reading Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventures.
Bird on a branch with banner quote
Black fine line handwritten script reading Salt in the air, Sand in my hair on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Salt in the air, sand in my hair script
Black line flash sheet of Harry Potter themed tattoo designs, including the Deathly Hallows symbol, round glasses, a lightning bolt and quoted lettering.
Harry Potter themed tattoo design sheet
Black and green feather with the script words Angels watching over me, two pink flowers and ink splatter on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Feather with script and pink flowers
Black and grey flash design of a dandelion seed head dissolving into flying birds, with the words I will carry you with me til I see you again.
Dandelion turning into birds with quote
Black fine-line script lettering reading Love never fails on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Love never fails in fine script
Fine line handwritten script design reading be happy for this moment, this moment is your life, with a small outlined heart, shown on a plain white background.
Handwritten quote with small heart
Hand-lettered black text reading too weird to live, too rare to die, with a flock of black bats, on a yellow background; a lettering design that could be used as a tattoo.
Lettering design with bats on yellow
Black ink pen drawing of a sailing ship on rough waves with a dangling anchor and the script words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, on white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor with quote