Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black outline tattoo of a leaf wreath framing a typed quote on a forearm, set against a white bedsheet.
Leaf wreath quote on a forearm
Black ink drawing of the phrase It is well with my soul in hand-lettered script, flanked by two sprigs of leaves and berries on a white background.
It is well with my soul lettering with leafy vines
Close view of a small fine line black script tattoo reading this too shall pass on the lower leg, with embellished heels in the background.
Fine line script quote on a lower leg
Two matching forearm tattoos with black bird silhouettes, script quotes and teal and pink watercolour splashes.
Matching watercolour quote forearm tattoos
Black script lettering reading 'For one so small, you seem so strong' across the side of the ribs, in a Lettering style.
Script quote along the ribs
Flash design of a black-outlined ribbon banner with green shading carrying the lettering IN THE WAVES OF CHANGE WE FIND OUR TRUE DIRECTION, shown on a speckled background.
Ribbon banner with a lettered quote
Black silhouette tree with spreading roots and leaves, with the word Family in script and a quote about branches and roots, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Tree with roots and family script quote
Black ink lettering tattoo reading think positive on the inner forearm, with a cross running through the letter I in positive.
Think Positive lettering with a cross on the wrist
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Never give up. across the inner forearm.
Never give up script on forearm
Black teardrop design with white ornate script lettering reading The craziest thing we can do is nothing, drawn as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Teardrop lettering with swirled script
Black handwritten script lettering reading wander often and wonder always on a white background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Wander often, wonder always script lettering
Close photo of black script lettering reading 'Never don't give up' tattooed along a forearm, with a bent arm and an indoor background.
Script quote lettering on a forearm
Black and grey circular design of a mountain range, pine trees and stars beneath a quote in capitals, drawn in a woodcut style.
Mountains, pines and stars in a circle
Fine line tattoo of the quote 'How strange it is to be anything at all' inside a black scrollwork frame, on the lower leg.
Swirl-framed quote on a calf
Fine black script reading 'Think of the happiest things, it's the same as having wings' with red and black stars on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with stars across upper back
Blue Japanese-inspired wave tattoo with a handwritten quote on the inner forearm, reading You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Blue wave and quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a green tent beneath pine trees and stars, with the words HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS arched above and below the scene.
Camping tent and quote on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a feather, a flock of birds and a line of script lettering across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish.
Feather, birds and script on a foot
Black and white photo of two forearms with black lettering tattoos and paw prints, one reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good and the other reading Mischief Managed.
Matching quote and Mischief Managed forearm tattoos
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on skin reading 'Ruin and Recovery are both from within' across two lines.
Script quote tattoo reading Ruin and Recovery
Black flourished lettering design reading Not all who wander are lost, set in mixed capitals and swash letters on a plain white background.
Not all who wander are lost lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading 'Too weird to live, too rare to die' with a small arrow above it, across the upper back and neck.
Handwritten quote and arrow on upper back
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair on the upper arm, with the lettering Only Grohl can judge me below it.
Black and grey portrait with quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink flower with a green stem inside a circle of black lettering reading A Person's A Person No Matter How Small, on the lower abdomen.
Circular quote around a pink flower on the stomach
Close-up of a fine script lettering quote tattooed along a forearm in dark ink, with striped fabric and a dark garment in the background.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Still I rise across the inside of a forearm.
Still I rise script on a forearm
Black text reading a bachelorette party quote with a red lip print, shown on the inner wrist.
Printed quote and red lips on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading i came. i swam. i conquered. in a condensed typeface across the inner wrist and forearm, with a raised fist and a lake behind.
Three-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a pink Truffula tree with a green stem above a black quote reading Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, on a forearm.
Truffula tree and quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo in a serif typeface reading Strength is what we gain from the madness we survive, across a shoulder and upper back.
Strength quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey photo of a serif lettering tattoo reading "; not ended" across the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Semicolon and "not ended" on a wrist
White script lettering reading Be Brave above a horizontal arrow, shown as a tattoo design on a black background.
Be Brave script lettering with arrow
Two inner forearms with matching black fine line tattoos: an arrow above the words I'm the arrow, and a moustache above the words You're my bow.
Matching arrow and moustache forearm tattoos
Watercolour-style phoenix with black linework and a script quote, Those we love never truly leave us, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Phoenix and script quote on upper back
Back view of a person with curly brown hair showing a small black fine line script lettering tattoo on the upper back, with the wording partly faint.
Script lettering phrase on upper back
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a red wax-sealed envelope, two red roses, blue forget-me-nots and a banner with lettering.
Envelope, roses and banner on upper arm
Black lettering reading 'Not all those who wander are lost' with two bird silhouettes, tattooed along the side of a foot near the ankle.
Quote tattoo with birds on a foot
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with N, E, S and W labels and the words A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor set in a circle around the centre.
Compass rose with sailor quote
Black and grey script tattoo on the upper back reading a rain quote, surrounded by shaded water droplets that run down beneath the text.
Quote and raindrops across upper back
Black lettering tattoo reading a quote in a handwritten script, running along the inner forearm.
Quote in script along a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo on the ribs reading Each day is a gift and not a given right, framed by a shaded ribbon bow and scrollwork.
Script quote with ribbon bow on ribs
A fine line black script quote tattoo runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a teal leather car seat.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Flash drawing of pink lips biting a gold bullet engraved with the words Trust no Bitch, in a traditional style, with no placement on the body shown.
Pink lips biting a bullet with script
Black and grey lettering tattoo running down the spine of a bare back, partly covered by black ribbons crossed over the skin.
Lettered quote running down the spine
Realism tattoo on a ribcage with a red ribbon, a hand holding a red apple, a chess king and pawn on a checkered board, and script quote lines.
Chessboard, apple and red ribbon on the ribs
Close-up of black script lettering reading Make that change on the inside of a forearm, in a lettering style.
Make that change script on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on the side ribs, with a two-line quote above Roman numerals in a serif font.
Script quote and Roman numerals on the ribs
Black script lettering reading One step at a time across the outer ankle and top of a bare foot, with a woven anklet on the other ankle.
One step at a time script on ankle