Quote tattoo ideas

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

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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 realism tattoo of an eye with long lashes and cursive script along its outline, on the upper thigh.
Realistic eye with script on the thigh
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
Colour tattoo on the side of the ribs showing two red baseball stitch lines with black outlines, with black script text reading Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
Baseball stitches and script quote on ribs
Black ink flash design of a feather breaking into flying birds above the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathery background.
Feather dissolving into birds with script quote
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos, one showing a ship's wheel with the words Be the one to guide me, the other an anchor with rope and the words but never hold me down.
Matching ship's wheel and anchor tattoos with script
Black handwritten lettering reading Love all, Trust a few, Do wrong to none, tattooed on the side of a torso over the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading 'Destroy what destroys you' across the nape of a person's neck, photographed from behind with dark hair falling over the shoulders.
Quote lettering across the nape of the neck
Close-up of a black fine script lettering tattoo of four lines of text on the left side ribs of a woman wearing a black bikini.
Script lettering quote on side ribs
Black and grey traditional grim reaper tattoo with dotted shading, a scythe, falling tears and the words O heaven knows we'll soon be dust, on a limb.
Grim reaper with quote on a limb
Black and grey tattoo of two swallows in flight with a line of script on the side of a person's ribs, lying on white bedding.
Two swallows and script on the side ribs
Dark serif capitals reading UNTIL THE VERY END tattooed in a staggered layout on the outer thigh, above a brown knee-high sock.
Staggered quote on a thigh
Close up of a fine line black script tattoo reading life imitates art along the forearm of a bare arm.
Script quote on a forearm
Realism style tattoo of a rearing skeletal winged horse with a barbed tail on the forearm, with partial script lettering below.
Skeletal winged horse on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with the words love yourself in script on the lower back.
Love yourself script within an infinity symbol
Black ink lettering tattoo of a coffee spoon outline reading I have measured out my life with coffee spoons, in a typewriter-style font, on the forearm.
Coffee spoon quote on forearm
Black and grey realistic diamond tattoo on the side of the ribs, with script above reading You're a diamond my dear, They can't break you.
Diamond and script on the ribs
Shaded purple feather tattoo design with the script line Not all those who wander are lost and small flying birds, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Purple feather with script quote
Two forearms show small black fine line arrow tattoos, one on the inner forearm and one near the wrist, with fine script lettering on the wrist of the upper arm.
Fine line arrow tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey photo of two inner forearms with blackletter lettering tattoos reading Remind me that we'll always have each other and When everything else is gone, placed on the forearm.
Matching quote tattoos on inner forearms
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading I could be destroyed but not defeated, with a small flourish, on the side of a torso above the ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Red name badge tattoo on an upper arm reading Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, You killed my Father, Prepare to die, in black lettering.
Name badge tattoo with movie quote
Black script lettering tattoo reading I am enough the way I am across the upper chest, shown beside a thin chain necklace.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black ink tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds, three birds and the script words 'i carry your heart' across the upper back.
Dandelion, birds and script quote on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo on the back of a neck showing a top hat, teacup, pocket watch, playing card spades and a banner reading We're all mad here.
Mad Hatter top hat and teacup on a neck
Pencil sketch design of a feather with small birds lifting off from its tip and a line of script beneath reading take those broken wings and learn to fly.
Feather with birds taking flight sketch
Black and grey script lettering reading Beauty in the Breakdown with swash flourishes and shaded outlines, tattooed on an upper arm.
Beauty in the Breakdown lettering on an arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Pursuit of happiness running across the outer thigh, with white shorts visible at the left edge.
Pursuit of happiness script on a thigh
Realism tattoo on an upper arm of a grey portrait of a woman in a crown and veil, with pink watercolour splashes and the words WE ARE NOT AMUSED above.
Crowned portrait with pink scrollwork on upper arm
Fine black script lettering runs from the ankle down the outer side of a bare foot, ending near the little toe.
Script verse running down the outer foot
Black script lettering reading Fly With Me with two flying silhouettes and a small star, tattooed on a forearm.
Fly with me script and flying silhouettes
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope, a fishing rod and reel, and the words Teach a man how to fish, he feeds himself for life.
Anchor and fishing rod pencil sketch
Back of a person's neck and upper back showing a fine line black tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost, with a small bird on each side.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Black fine line script lettering in two lines across a person's ribs, partly covered by a dark waistband.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading Love is in the Hair on a forearm, with shaded hair dryer and scissors and a small heart.
Love is in the hair lettering with scissors and dryer
Forearm tattoo of a teal and yellow doorway with radiating light rays, beside black typewriter-style lettering reading If you're a dreamer, come in.
Dreamer quote beside a glowing doorway on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'Everything happens for a reason' along an upper arm, with a smiling mouth and a hand with a ring in the frame.
Fine line script quote on upper arm
Black and grey butterfly tattoo on a shoulder, with the words I'm a walking travesty but I'm smiling at every thing forming the trailing wing.
Butterfly with quote on the shoulder