Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black handwritten script on a white background reading Better an oops than a what if, shown as a lettering design with no body placement visible.
Better an oops than a what if script
Black silhouette of a small figure holding a bunch of balloons, with blue and pink watercolour washes and French script, tattooed on a upper back.
Silhouette figure with balloons and script
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a shaded balloon and the words Sometimes you need to let things go, running diagonally across a person's upper back.
Balloon and quote on upper back
Fine line black script lettering running along the inner forearm of a raised arm, with a small dark tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Fine script lettering on a forearm
Two side by side sepia photos of black ink lettering on the inner wrists, reading too WEIRD to LIVE and too RARE to DIE in a plain serif style.
Too weird to live and too rare to die wrist script
Black fine-line script tattoo reading "We'll all float on anyway" across two fingers of a hand, shown against a dark surface.
Script quote across two fingers
Two forearms with matching black script lettering, one reading All that you are is and the other reading all that you ever need, in a lettering style on the forearm.
Matching script quote on two forearms
Black ink tattoo of the script quote After all this time, a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol, the word always and 687 between asterisks, on the side of the torso.
Script quote with Deathly Hallows symbol
Black fine line script reading Remember who you are and what you stand for, tattooed along the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey top and a teal scarf.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner wrist showing a Cheshire Cat grin above the words We're All Mad Here.
Cheshire Cat grin and We're All Mad Here on wrist
Two hand-drawn black ink infinity symbol designs on paper, each with script lettering running along the loop and small outlined hearts.
Infinity symbol with hearts and script lettering
Fine line drawing of a small lion cub above which the handwritten words never forget who you are appear, in black ink on beige paper.
Lion cub and quote line drawing
Close view of a fine line black script lettering tattoo reading a quote, running along the ribs beside a navel piercing.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and blue tattoo on the upper arm of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, chemical structure drawings, ink splatters and script reading Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth
Pocket watch and script on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a three-masted ship on hatched waves with a dotted line to an anchor, above the script words Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, on crumpled paper.
Ship, waves and anchor with script quote
Black lettering tattoo reading YES I'M CHANGING in a plain sans-serif typeface across the inner upper arm, with a striped sleeve and beach behind.
Yes I'm Changing quote on upper arm
Two people stand side by side showing matching black script tattoos on their ribs, with lines reading I'll love you forever and As long as in living.
Matching script quotes on two ribcages
Black fine line cursive script reading Carpe Diem across the upper back of a woman with blonde hair tied up.
Carpe Diem script on upper back
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Because I'm a Lady, that's why, placed across the lower back above a dark waistband.
Script quote across the lower back
Black handwritten lettering design reading "Choose to chance the rapids" above an ampersand and "dare to dance the tides" on a white background.
Handwritten quote design in two lines
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Quote tattoo on the upper arm
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script quote on the shoulder, one reading I'll love you forever and the other a matching phrase.
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Fine black script lettering reading Live nothing but love across the upper chest of a shirtless torso.
Script quote on upper chest
Black script lettering tattoo reading May there always be an angel by my side, set across the ribs on a close side view.
Script quote along the ribs
Black and grey photograph of the script lettering "The Game is On" tattooed along a forearm, with the last word cut off at the right edge.
"The Game is On" lettering on a forearm
Fine line black script lettering reading She's unstoppable unpredictable across the side of the ribs.
Script quote reading She's unstoppable unpredictable
Close-up of the words Have Faith in black handwritten script lettering tattooed on skin, with a faint reddish line beneath the text.
Have Faith script on skin
Black and grey script tattoo reading Live nothing but love across the upper chest of a shirtless person, shown in lettering style.
Script quote on upper chest
Fine line black script tattoo reading Loved by the King, running diagonally along the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote along the inner forearm
Black hand-drawn outline of a bow above the handwritten words 'a girl without a bow is not a girl' on a cream background, shown as a flash-style design.
Bow and handwritten quote design
Sepia photo of two people's inner forearms touching, with fine line script tattoos reading one in the same and two of a kind.
Matching script quote tattoos on two forearms
Two black and grey fine line script tattoos on the upper back, one reading Together Forever Never Apart and the other reading Maybe in Distance But Never in with a small heart.
Script quote tattoos on the upper back
Two wrists side by side with matching fine line script tattoos reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', in navy ink with red accents.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Black handwritten script tattoos reading Inhale love and Exhale hate across the fingers of two hands pressed together against a dark background.
Inhale love and exhale hate script on fingers
Black and grey script lettering reading You Only Live Once with soft shading behind the letters, tattooed on an upper arm.
You Only Live Once lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line script lettering running into a feather tattoo across a forearm.
Script quote and feather on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a compass rose, two pink roses and a banner reading Not All Who Wander Are Lost, on the upper back.
Compass and roses with banner on upper back
Black and grey swallow tattoo in flight beside the script words "and in time, this too shall pass" on a pale area of skin.
Swallow with script quote
Fine line black tattoos on both forearms, one reading peace will win and the other fear will lose, each with an arrow and tally marks.
Matching quote and arrow forearm tattoos
Black and white photo of a blackwork-style lettering tattoo reading IT TAKES A BIT MORE on the side of a person's hip, above the waistband of their underwear.
Black stencil-style quote on the side of the hip
Black and grey crown tattoo with a heart above it and script lettering on the thigh, shown in two photos, one wider and one close up.
Crown and script quote on the thigh
Pencil-style drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design with a curling vine, a pocket watch, a key and the words Life is what you make of it, shown on a pale pink background.
Vine, pocket watch and key design
Black and grey tattoo along the side of a torso and hip, with a castle tower, leafy vines, a flying insect and handwritten script running down the ribs and thigh.
Castle, script and vines along ribs and hip
Black and grey fine line script tattoo on the side of the ribs, reading a quote with a feather at the left edge.
Feather and quote lettering on the ribs
Two forearms with black script lettering reading Laugh as much as you breathe, Love as long as you live, and a small outline heart on the other forearm.
Script quote and outline heart on forearms
Black and grey flash design of a stylised phoenix in flight beside flowing calligraphic lettering on a cracked cream background.
Phoenix with flowing calligraphic script
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt across the side ribs, with a star tattoo partly visible below.
Quote lettering and star on the side ribs
Two matching forearm tattoos in black fine line script: the left reads I'll keep you wild above a small outlined triangle, and the right reads I'll keep you safe.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms