Quote tattoo ideas

3,385 photos and flash · 88% Lettering, 30% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Fine line black arrow above the script words 'this too shall pass' tattooed along the ribs of a person wearing a light blue top.
Arrow and script quote on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo of song lyrics with small music notes running down a lower leg, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Song lyrics tattoo on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a house lifted by a bunch of red, blue, yellow and orange balloons, with a line of script above, on the side of a torso at the ribs.
Balloon-lifted house on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a flock of birds, a dandelion and cursive script on the side of a torso, above the hip.
Bird flock and script on the side torso
Traditional colour tattoo of three banners reading home is wherever I'm with you, wrapped around orange and teal feathers on an upper arm.
Feather banners with quote on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Believe to Achieve across the lower body, in a lettering style, on skin with a fabric edge visible at the lower left.
Believe to Achieve script tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a pistol above flowing script reading 'Insult my best friend? Run bitch' on the upper arm.
Pistol and script quote on upper arm
Fine line script tattoo reading 'Have courage and be kind' in black ink across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Have courage and be kind script on upper back
Black outline tattoo of a lion cub above the script words Remember who you are, on the inner forearm.
Lion cub outline with script quote on forearm
Black script lettering on the upper back reads God shook his head the day he built her, oh but I bet he smiled.
Script quote across the upper back
Pencil sketch of a pair of antlers framing the handwritten line 'Am I more than you bargained for yet' on plain paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Pencil antlers with handwritten quote
Black and grey script lettering reading Everything has beauty on the ribs, with a faded second line of lettering beneath it.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a looping banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, surrounded by footprints, in a traditional style.
Footprints and quote banner
Two black script lettering tattoos on ankles reading To infinity on one foot and and beyond on the other, with denim jeans and a patterned sock visible.
To infinity and beyond script on two ankles
Two forearms with black script lettering reading Pain is Inevitable and Suffering is Optional, framed by fine flourishes.
Pain is inevitable quote on forearms
Fine line black script reading we only part to meet again with a date beneath and two small bird silhouettes, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Script quote and two birds on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo on the thigh showing a hand gripping a stake, red carnations, a banner reading INTO EVERY GENERATION A SLAYER IS BORN and a red gem with a B.
Hand with stake, banner and carnations
Black script lettering reading I loved you at your darkest, with a blue awareness ribbon, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Script quote and blue ribbon on a foot
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down the forearm of a person in a plaid blanket, with the small text set in a serif typeface.
Lettering quote on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing an arrow with the script words follow your arrow, a shaded feather at one end and an arrowhead at the other.
Follow your arrow script and feather on forearm
Close photo of a lower leg with a fine blue-black script tattoo reading 'It's called Vitiligo', with pale vitiligo patches on the skin.
Script quote 'It's called Vitiligo' on a shin
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with flowing multicoloured hair holding a pink flower, with a script quote beneath, on a person's side ribs.
Mermaid with wild flower quote on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'We accept the love we think we deserve' across the ribs on a pale skin background.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Vincit qui se vincit across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Latin script quote along the collarbone
Black script lettering tattoo on a forearm reading happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the lights.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black fine line script reading Perfectly Imperfect across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Perfectly Imperfect script on upper back
Collage of four photos of fine line skyline tattoos on a foot, an upper arm and a forearm, one showing London's Big Ben and London Eye in black and grey.
City skyline tattoos on foot and arms
Black script lettering design listing six phrases on separate lines on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Handwritten script quote design
Black and grey lettering with a brown and grey knife illustration on the upper thigh, reading I see a tattoo on my right thigh that I will probably regret one day.
Knife and quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey photo of two flying bird silhouettes above the script words Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, tattooed on a forearm in a fine line lettering style.
Two birds and script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Listen to the ocean on a pale blue background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Listen to the ocean script lettering
Black fine line script quote tattooed along a person's left ribs, reading life is not measured by the number of breaths we take.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey fine line lettering tattoo of a three-line quote in cursive script across the inner wrist.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black Arabic script with the English line be at peace, not in pieces beneath it, shown as a lettering design on a white background.
Arabic and English peace quote
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading let your fears go across the forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote "Let your fears go" on forearm
Two people show matching colour tattoos of two birds on a branch with quote text above, on their upper backs near the shoulder blades.
Matching bird and branch tattoos on two backs
Black and grey fine line compass rose tattoo with the words NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST set in a circle across a person's upper back.
Compass rose with circular quote on upper back
Black script lettering reading Nothing lasts forever, Nothing stays the same, in a fine line lettering style across the upper back.
Script quote across the upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading "Love me for who i am" across the upper chest, just below the collarbone.
Script quote on upper chest
Black hand-drawn fine line arrow above the words Keep Moving Forward in thin script, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Arrow with Keep Moving Forward lettering
Black ink hand-lettered design reading I'll Be there, with circular text around it, drawn on white paper beside a black Staedtler pigment liner pen.
Hand-lettered I'll Be there design on paper
Black and grey angel wings tattoo across a woman's upper back, with the words embrace your dreams in small script between the shoulder blades.
Angel wings with script across upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a dark hand with a red eye, orange flames, a tower and a banner reading In the Eye of the Beholder, on an upper arm.
Hand and eye with flames on an upper arm
Fine line handwritten quote with a small black TARDIS icon tattooed on skin, placed on the back.
Quote and TARDIS on the back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an owl, compass and rose with the script words Not all who wander are lost, on the upper arm.
Owl, compass and rose on an upper arm
Black script lettering reading 'What doesn't kill you. Only makes you stronger' across the side of a hip and upper thigh.
Script quote tattoo on the hip
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, placed on the upper thigh of a person in a denim shirt.
Script quote tattoo on the upper thigh
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading You've traveled this far on the back of every mistake, set vertically along the upper back.
Typewriter quote down the upper back