Quote tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo design of birds taking flight beside the script words Don't be afraid to fly, shown without any body placement.
Birds in flight with 'Don't be afraid to fly'
Black fine line script lettering on a white background reading keep life simple, drawn as a single continuous stroke design for a tattoo.
Keep life simple script lettering design
Grey anchor design with the script words 'My family is my anchor' set over it, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Anchor with 'My family is my anchor' script
Black script lettering design on a white background reading imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, drawn in flowing calligraphic strokes.
Script quote: imperfection is beauty, madness is genius
Black lettering design reading Take me anywhere in script and capitals, with two arrows below, drawn on a plain white background as a flash design.
Take me anywhere lettering with two arrows
Black ink sketch of a mountain range above the script words "the mountains are calling", shown as a flash design on a white background with no body placement visible.
Mountain sketch with script quote
Black handwritten lettering design reading filled it up with novocaine and now I'm just numb, set between two horizontal rules on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Handwritten lettering quote on white
Black ink flash design of the words love her but leave her wild in script lettering inside a circular wreath of hatched leaves, with no body placement shown.
Love her but leave her wild lettering in a leaf wreath
Black lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love, shown as a design, as temporary transfers on grass, and as a small fine script tattoo on a woman's upper back.
Infinity loop lettering reading live the life you love
Single-line handwritten script reading turn your wounds into wisdom, drawn in black on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Handwritten lettering: turn your wounds into wisdom
Black silhouette design of birds lifting from a feather above the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and flying birds with script quote
Black script lettering reading She flies by her own wings on a plain white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Script quote reading She flies by her own wings
Black script lettering arranged in a heart shape on a white background, a flash design for a lettering tattoo with no body placement shown.
Heart-shaped script quote design
Tattoo design of a pink cherry blossom branch with black script quote, drawn in a fine line botanical and lettering style.
Cherry blossom branch with script quote
Two lines of black handwritten script reading Dream without fear and Love without Limits on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Dream without fear and love without limits lettering
Hand-drawn black ink design of an anchor with the words I refuse to sink curving around it in a loop, sketched on textured paper.
Anchor with I refuse to sink lettering
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading love all, trust a few, do wrong to none, in a Lettering style with no body placement shown.
Three-line script quote, love all, trust a few
Black ink hand-lettered design reading 'A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on aged, sepia paper, with decorative flourishes above the text.
Hand-lettered sailing quote on aged paper
Black silhouette of a leaping whale with the words Do what is right, not what is easy set in white distressed lettering across its body, drawn in a vintage woodcut style.
Whale with Do What Is Right quote
Pen sketch of a tattoo design, an infinity symbol filled with looping cursive lettering and two small hearts, drawn on lined notebook paper.
Infinity symbol with script lettering
Black and grey lettering design of a globe wrapped in botanical sprigs, with the words Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Globe with lettering and botanical sprigs
Black ink brush lettering of the verse perhaps you were born for such a time as this, with a line drawn crown above and a sceptre below, in a lettering style.
Hand-lettered verse with crown and sceptre
Black handwritten script design reading 'love her but leave her wild' with 'atticus' beneath, lettering style, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Handwritten 'love her but leave her wild' quote
Fine line flash design of the words Do small things with great love, with a stylised flower and leaves at each side.
Quote with flowers and leaves design
Black flowing script lettering reading 'to live to learn to love' in calligraphic style on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Script quote reading to live to learn to love
Black ink lettering design reading Not all who wander are lost in flourished script, beside a black and grey compass rose, drawn on pale paper.
Not all who wander are lost with compass rose
Flash sheet of six black lettering designs reading the rest is still unwritten, each in a different script or ornamental lettering style, intended as tattoo lettering.
The rest is still unwritten lettering options
Black script lettering on a white background reading I'm not making any resolutions this year, nobody likes a sober skinny bitch anyway, shown as a design with no body placement.
Script quote about New Year resolutions
Black ink flash design of a handwritten-style quote in script lettering, with small mushroom illustrations and ornamental motifs, shown on a white background.
Quote lettering with small mushrooms
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders.
Script lettering quote design
Black script design reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Script lettering with two hearts
Black script reading have courage and be kind above a small black silhouette of a swallow in flight, on a plain white background.
Have courage and be kind script with swallow
Black line drawing of a ship's anchor woven through an infinity symbol, with the words Love anchors the soul and Hebrews 6:19 and a small outline heart, shown as a tattoo design.
Anchor and infinity design with scripture quote
Black hand-lettered script design reading The Struggle is part of the Story on a cream background, drawn as a lettering design for a tattoo.
Script lettering: The Struggle is part of the Story
Black flowing script lettering reading Let your Life Speak on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Let your Life Speak script lettering
Black line drawing of a hand-lettered quote reading "But I crumble completely when you cry." in a lettering style, with broken, crumbling letterforms, on a white background.
Hand-lettered quote in black line
Black script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two linked outline hearts, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Script quote with two hearts
Black and grey tattoo design of a crossed bow and arrow with scrolling flourishes, with the words Skin of a Lady and Heart of a Hunter running along the arrow shaft.
Crossed bow and arrow with quote lettering
Black handwritten script lettering reading Do what you love. Love what you do. in a diagonal line on a white background, a fine line tattoo design.
Do what you love, love what you do script
Hand-drawn tattoo flash design of a barn owl wearing a pendant, with a banner reading No Power Over Me, shaded in pen and blue and orange watercolour wash.
Barn owl with banner reading No Power Over Me
Black handwritten script reading listen to your soul on a plain white background, a lettering tattoo design with thin, even linework.
Listen to your soul in handwritten script
Black script lettering reading You see all my light and You accept all my dark, paired with a black and white yin and yang symbol design.
Yin and yang with script quote
Black brush-script lettering reading in the waves of change we find our direction, framed by an arrow at the top and bottom, shown as a flash design.
Quote lettering with arrows flash design
Black and grey realism drawing of a feather with the script words Someday I'll fly away running across it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Feather with 'Someday I'll fly away' script
Black and grey flash design of three shaded feathers at different angles, with the script line I may not see you, but I can feel you running between them.
Three feathers with script quote
Black and grey lettering flash design reading From dust you were made unto dust you shall return, with a stippled skull beside the words.
Lettering flash with skull and dust quote
Black ink drawing on paper of a dotwork mandala beside handwritten script reading For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
Mandala design with script quote
Black ink hand-lettered design reading I won't fall in love with falling, with the final word in flowing, elongated script on a plain off-white background.
Hand-lettered quote about falling