Quote tattoo ideas

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Black Arabic script above the English words "Appreciate life" in quotation marks, on a plain white background.
Arabic script with "Appreciate life" text
Black and grey traditional nautical designs, including a ship, star, compass and lighthouse, shown as flash sheets and temporary tattoos on a thigh.
Nautical temporary tattoo designs on a thigh
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
Pencil-style tattoo design drawing of a crescent moon above a feathered arrow, with the words 'You have set on me but you are not the sun' beneath it.
Crescent moon and feathered arrow with quote
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
Pencil sketch of a feather with flock of birds lifting away from its tip and the words Take those broken wings and learn to fly, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Feather with birds rising and a quote
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 and grey realism design of a pocket watch, compass, two roses, chains and a ribbon reading Not all those who wander are lost, shown without a body placement.
Pocket watch, compass and roses design
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
Dotwork drawing of a lotus flower in black stipple above three lines of italic text, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Stippled lotus flower with quote
Pencil sketch of a daisy with the cursive words Not all those who wander are lost arching around it, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Daisy with script quote design
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 line drawing flash of a fairytale castle with stars, trees and a banner reading Who says we have to grow up, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Fairytale castle with banner quote design
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
Fine line drawing of a pocket watch with a chain and key, trailing vines and flower buds, and the script words Life is what you make of it, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Pocket watch and vine design with script
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
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a spiral, a row of arrows, two figures standing in a circle and the lettering We can live like Jack and Sally if we want.
Spiral design with Jack and Sally quote
Black and white line drawing of a compass rose with two scroll banners reading a quote, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Compass star with quote banners
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 silhouette of a leafy tree with spreading roots, with the word Family and a quote about branches and roots set beside the trunk.
Family tree with roots and quote
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