Quote tattoo ideas

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

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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 line tattoo of the words How strange it is to be anything at all inside a looping scroll frame, shown on an arm.
Quote in a swirl frame on an arm
Close photo of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading without struggle there is no progress, sitting on the side of the torso near a dark waistband.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the side torso
Black fine line script tattoo reading We shall never part, running diagonally across a shoulder and upper back, shown in two close-up photographs.
We shall never part script on shoulder
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
Collage of five black tattoos in fine line and lettering, including a quote on the ribs, the number 9 3/4 on a wrist, a cat on the hip and a face on the forearm.
Five small black tattoos: quotes, a cat and a face
Black fine line script reading 'i am enough' with an arrow below it, its fletching shaded in teal and lavender, on a person's thigh.
Script 'i am enough' with arrow on thigh
Black fine line script tattoo on the side of the ribs reading two lines of text, Live without the sunlight and Love without your heartbeat.
Script quote along the ribs
Black fine line outline of a lion cub with the script words Remember who you are beneath it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Lion cub outline and script quote on a wrist
Woman seen from behind with a fine line black script tattoo running down her upper back between the shoulder blades.
Fine line script tattoo across the upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live' on a thigh.
Script quote on a thigh
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Always on my mind with two small hearts on a forearm, and a matching Forever in my heart tattoo on a shoulder.
Matching script quote tattoos on forearm and shoulder
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 and grey photograph of fine line script reading walk by faith on the top of a foot near the ankle, with the foot resting on a white padded surface.
Walk by faith script on an ankle
Black and white photo of two people's sides, each with a fine line script tattoo on the ribs: a ship's wheel with a quote on the left and an anchor with a quote on the right.
Ship's wheel and anchor with script on the sides
Black fine line tattoo of a flying saucer with a tractor beam, two small sparkles and the words GET IN, LOSER, on the side of the ribs.
UFO with tractor beam and quote on the ribs
Two matching black script tattoos reading We shall never drift apart with an anchor, one on the top of a foot and one on a forearm.
Matching anchor and quote tattoos on foot and forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a stack of three books beneath the script words I've lived a thousand lives.
Stack of books and a quote on the thigh
Three crossed forearms showing fine line lettering, a small bird outline and a compass rose tattoo on the forearm.
Three forearms with quote, bird and compass tattoos
Black fine line script tattoo reading what if you fly on the side of a torso, above a patterned blue top.
Script quote reading what if you fly
Black fine line tattoo of Belle and the Beast in profile beside a small green and pink rose, with the script words Tale as old as time beneath, on a person's upper back.
Belle and the Beast silhouette with rose on upper back
Fine line black script lettering runs from the ankle down the side of a bare foot, with a second foot beside it.
Script quotation running along the foot
Fine line black tattoo on the side of a thigh showing a stack of three books with the words I've lived a thousand lives above them.
Stack of books and quote on thigh
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading "with every heartbeat" in black ink along a woman's collarbone, near the shoulder.
"with every heartbeat" script along a collarbone
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote tattooed along the side of an ankle and foot, reading What you think, you become.
Script quote along an ankle
Close photo of a fine-line black script tattoo reading keep me where the light is, with a small star, on the forearm of a person lying on a bed.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
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
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat peeking round a thin vertical line, beside the words I am myself. That is not enough. on the upper chest.
Cat peeking beside a quote on the chest
Bare foot raised against a blue sky, with a black fine line script quote running along the side of the foot from heel to toes.
Script quote along a foot
Black and grey photo of the phrase 'this too shall pass' in fine line script tattooed on an ankle.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on an ankle
Fine line black script reading We only part to meet again across the ribs, with a small bird design above it on the right.
Script quote and small bird on ribs
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Bruised But Never Broken in dark ink across the upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote Bruised But Never Broken on a shoulder
Fine black serif lettering reading a short quote, with a small red heart below it, on the forearm of a woman in a grey top.
Serif quote and small heart on a forearm
Two matching black fine line tattoos of interlocking hearts with script quotes about sisters, one on the forearm near the wrist and one on an ankle.
Matching sister quote and heart tattoos
Black fine line script quote tattoo running across the side of the ribs, partly covered by a grey towel.
Script quote along the ribs
Black script reading Sisters by chance, Friends by choice, with three small swallow silhouettes, on the side of the ribs in fine line lettering.
Script quote with swallows on the ribs
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the upper arm of a person with long auburn hair, seen from behind.
Script quote tattoo on upper arm
Small fine line black lettering reading mind over matter, with a horizontal line between the words, on a person's lower abdomen above the waistband.
Mind over matter fine line lettering
Red fine line script reading free yourself with a feather and small birds, tattooed on the upper chest.
Free yourself script with feather on chest
Two people seen from behind showing matching black fine line script reading I am because you are on the upper shoulder and upper back.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading "what's inside her never dies" on the upper chest near the collarbone, with a grey knit top beside it.
Script quote along the collarbone
Black fine line script quote in cursive lettering across the upper chest below the collarbone, on a shoulder in a dim room.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black and grey photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading miles to go on the side of an upper arm.
Miles to go script on upper arm
Close-up of a black serif script tattoo reading We're All Mad Here, running diagonally along the inner upper arm of a woman in a maroon top.
We're All Mad Here quote on upper arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a hatched circle with the quote how rare and beautiful it is to even exist.
Hatched circle with quote on a forearm
Close-up of a small fine line script tattoo reading Let it be in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Let it be script on the side ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading be your own kind of beautiful, set diagonally on the inner forearm.
Be your own kind of beautiful script on forearm