Quote tattoo ideas

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Hand-lettered navy script reading 'the ocean cures all' stacked over three lines on a white background, a lettering design suitable as a tattoo stencil.
The ocean cures all lettering design
Two people seen from behind, each with a butterfly tattoo and a script quote on the shoulder blade, in black and brown shading.
Matching butterfly and quote tattoos on shoulder blades
Black and white photo of a black script lettering tattoo reading Everything has beauty across the upper back, with a fainter second line of lettering below.
Script quote across upper back
Black script lettering reading "We accept the love we think we deserve" on a forearm, shown in a close photo against a red and blue background.
Script quote on the inner arm
Black lettering quote and a dopamine molecule drawing with blue, yellow and purple watercolour splashes, tattooed on an upper thigh.
Dopamine molecule and two lines of lettering on thigh
Black and grey dandelion with drifting seeds and the script quote 'Staring down the barrel of a 45, but I'm alive' across the shoulder and upper chest.
Dandelion and script quote on shoulder
Black brush script lettering on a white background reading be strong and courageous, with the reference Joshua 1:9 beneath, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Be strong and courageous lettering design
Forearm tattoo with a shaded red rose above black script lettering and large ornate letters, in a traditional style.
Rose and lettering on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering with scroll flourishes running across a shoulder and upper back.
Scripted quote with flourishes on shoulder
Black script tattoo reading Beyond fear lies freedom with three small birds in flight, placed on a person's upper back.
Beyond fear lies freedom script with birds on back
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading happiness depends upon ourselves along the left ribs, with a hand holding up a lilac top beside it.
Happiness quote in script on the ribs
Hand-drawn black ink design of a ship wheel and an anchor with script lettering reading be the one to guide me and but never hold me down, drawn across a spiral notebook.
Ship wheel and anchor script design
Black fine line bell curve above a quote in black lettering, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Bell curve and quote on the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading the sun will soon rise above the shadow, with a sun above and a crescent moon below, on the side of a torso.
Sun, moon and script quote on the side ribs
Black and grey photograph of the words never give up in handwritten script tattooed along a finger, held by another hand.
Never give up lettering on a finger
Black line drawing of a circular Tengwar script inscription, a Tolkien-style Elvish lettering design with no body part shown.
Tengwar ring inscription lettering design
Fine line tattoo of a spoon outline with the script words Let me spoon you, sitting on the inner wrist.
Spoon outline and script on wrist
Black fine line script reading This too shall pass across a woman's upper shoulder, with her face cropped out of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Fine line black script tattoo reading explore dream discover running from the ankle along the outer side of a bare foot on sand.
Explore dream discover script on the ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small bird beside the script words this too shall pass, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
Small black serif lettering reading So it goes. on the upper arm, just below a rolled grey sleeve.
Serif quote on upper arm
Back of a woman with red hair and a floral top, showing a fine line script tattoo reading forever young across the upper back below the neck.
Forever young script on upper back
Black fine line script reading she flies with her own wings across the side of a torso, above the ribs, with grey fabric at the top edge.
Script quote along the side ribs
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading We're all mad here across a forearm, with a blue beaded bracelet on the wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering tattooed on the side ribs reads I gave them life, they gave me a reason to live.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey dreamcatcher with shaded feathers and a script quote above it, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Dreamcatcher and feathers with script on ribs
Colour drawing of a tattoo design showing a purple and orange mountain inside a golden laurel wreath, with the words Don't paint me black when I used to be golden in black lettering.
Mountain in a golden laurel wreath with lettering
Black script tattoo reading inhale the future exhale the past with a small flock of birds in flight, on a shoulder.
Quote and birds on a shoulder
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Life's a tangled web across the ribs, in a lettering style tattoo on bare skin.
Life's a tangled web lettering on the ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo of a short cursive phrase on the outer ankle of a bare foot, with trees in the background.
Script quote on an ankle
Black fine line script tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost across the outer thigh, with a denim shirt above it.
Script quote on a thigh
Fine line black tattoos on a forearm showing a triangle with a circle, a lightning bolt, two circles, the script words Mischief Managed, footprints and a small script line.
Deathly Hallows and script quote on a forearm
Black and grey typewriter lettering reading I told you to be patient, fine, balanced, kind, across the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Colour tattoo of a red fox with the words Breathe Out So I Can Breathe You In in ornate black script on the forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Fox and lettering on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of three birds on a branch with musical notes and the script words Don't worry, about a thing, placed on the chest.
Three birds on a branch with script quote
Black fine line Deathly Hallows symbol with the script words 'After all this time? Always.' on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Deathly Hallows symbol and script quote on chest
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm, with song lyrics set in a looping, ribbon-like shape across the inner wrist and arm.
Lyric loop tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine script tattoo reading make it count on the upper back, with a hand resting against the neck.
Make it count script on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'She flies with her own wings' across a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded wing with the script words Tomorrow is never promised Just live, on the side of the ribs.
Wing and script quote on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading Enjoy the little things in script and capitals across the inner wrist.
Enjoy the little things lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering design of the quote I'm going to make everything around me beautiful, with flourished capitals and no body placement shown.
Script quote lettering design
Black and white photo of two feet with fine line script lettering tattooed along the ankles and feet, reading Do not go gentle and into that good night.
Script lettering across two feet
Black ink lettering design of a feather and a flock of birds beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR, with a thin arrow running vertically through the words, on the forearm.
Quote lettering with an arrow on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering reading lights will guide you home, placed across the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Script quote across the upper back
Colour tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and dark blue script text on the side of a torso, shown on the ribs.
Rose and script quote on ribs
Black script reading Love me for who i am runs across the upper back, with a small butterfly above it and a shaded butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on the shoulder