Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Four views of a full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a watercolour Union Jack, a punk figure in a long coat, a stencil girl with a heart balloon and a quote in script, in mixed black and grey and colour
Union Jack sleeve with punk and stencil figures
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Fear is the mind-killer across the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Quote reading Fear is the mind-killer on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading oh darling, let's be adventurous in black ink across the inner forearm, with a white lace cuff at the wrist.
Fine line script quote on a forearm
Two forearms pressed together show black script lettering reading Forgive my sins and Touch my soul, with a red and multicoloured woven bracelet on one wrist.
Matching script quote tattoos on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor with the words 'a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on a forearm, in a black and white photo.
Anchor and sailor quote on a forearm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a matchbook with a row of matches and the script words I burn for you on a forearm.
Matchbook with 'I burn for you' on a forearm
Black and grey script lettering tattoo running along a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote on a forearm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading This is not for you on the inner wrist, with the word you in red.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black fine line script reading breathe in, breathe out, move on on the inner wrist, set against a hessian background.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading so say we all across the inside of a wrist.
Typewriter lettering on a wrist
Black and white photo of a small swallow silhouette above the words 'this too shall pass' in fine script tattooed on the inner forearm.
Bird and script quote on a forearm
A pink and black butterfly tattoo spans two forearms, with script lettering curving around its wings on each arm.
Matching butterfly and script forearm tattoos
Black and grey sketch-style anatomical heart with the words 'Pain demands to be felt' tattooed on the inner forearm.
Sketched anatomical heart with quote on forearm
Close-up of a dark serif lettering tattoo on a wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live', in Lettering style on the forearm.
Serif quotation tattoo on a wrist
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists read Now you're my whole life and Now you're my whole world, with the hands held together.
Matching script quote tattoos on two wrists
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a striped lighthouse with a banner reading There is a light that never goes out, above a red rose.
Lighthouse and rose on a forearm
Black lettering reading I refuse to sink wraps around a black anchor with a pink heart, tattooed on the inner forearm.
I refuse to sink anchor on the wrist
Black and grey script tattoo reading When I am afraid, I will trust in you, with Psalm 56:3 beneath, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Psalm 56:3 script quote on forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos: a shaded grey game controller on the left and a colour stack of books on the right, each with the words I have lived a thousand lives.
Matching controller and books forearm tattoos
Close photograph of the words nothing is permanent in fine black script lettering across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Nothing is permanent script on a wrist
Black outline tattoo of a lion cub above the script words Remember who you are, on the inner forearm.
Lion cub outline with script quote on forearm
Two forearms with black script lettering reading Pain is Inevitable and Suffering is Optional, framed by fine flourishes.
Pain is inevitable quote on forearms
Black lettering tattoo running vertically down the forearm of a person in a plaid blanket, with the small text set in a serif typeface.
Lettering quote on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing an arrow with the script words follow your arrow, a shaded feather at one end and an arrowhead at the other.
Follow your arrow script and feather on forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on a forearm reading happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the lights.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Collage of four photos of fine line skyline tattoos on a foot, an upper arm and a forearm, one showing London's Big Ben and London Eye in black and grey.
City skyline tattoos on foot and arms
Black and grey photo of two flying bird silhouettes above the script words Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, tattooed on a forearm in a fine line lettering style.
Two birds and script quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line lettering tattoo of a three-line quote in cursive script across the inner wrist.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading let your fears go across the forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote "Let your fears go" on forearm
Fine black fine-line tattoo on the inner wrist reading "we're alright though" in typewriter lettering, with a safety pin and five tally marks beneath it.
Quote and safety pin on the inner wrist
Blue lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "It's a sin to kill a mockingbird." in a lettering style.
Mockingbird quote on a forearm
Collage of four tattoos: outline giraffes on forearms, watercolour hearts on wrists, a fine line clover on a wrist, and script reading I am because you are on shoulder blades.
Giraffes, hearts, clover and script tattoos
Close photo of fine line black script lettering reading Belong Everywhere across the inner wrist and forearm.
Belong Everywhere script on the wrist
Two stacked photos of inner forearms with fine-line script lettering and a small swallow silhouette tattoo in black ink.
Script quotes with swallows on forearms
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading immeasurably more across the inside of a wrist, on a pale background.
Immeasurably more script on a wrist
Black and grey fine line script reading live the life you love, curved around the inside of a wrist.
Live the life you love script on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Let the Ocean take me across a forearm, with smaller script tattoos visible on the upper chest.
Script quote reading Let the Ocean take me on a forearm
Two photos of black and grey script lettering tattoos on forearms, one reading Your Pain Is A Gift with flourishes and the other a quote with butterfly accents.
Script quotes on forearms
Black ink script tattoo reading 'Wars begin in the minds of men' across the underside of a forearm, near the wrist.
Quote 'Wars begin in the minds of men' on forearm
Fine line black script tattoo on a forearm reading I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night, with three small stars below.
Star quote in fine line script
Black and grey Batman mask tattoo on a forearm, with bats, a bat logo and the typed quote Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Batman mask and quote on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'He is jealous for me' across a forearm, set against a blue background.
Script quote 'He is jealous for me' on a forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm reading Blood makes you related and Loyalty makes you family, with smoke-like shading above the text.
Lettering quote on a forearm
Black compass rose tattoo with blue, green, pink and red watercolour splashes and a script quote, on a forearm.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black lettering reading 'To die will be an awfully big adventure' above a thin outlined eight-pointed star, tattooed on a forearm in a lettering style.
Quote and star on a forearm
Two forearms crossed together, each with matching black script reading I will always stand by your side and a small swallow on the forearm.
Matching script quote and swallow tattoos
Black ink quote tattoo reading 'The hardest thing in this world is to live in it' in serif lettering, running along a forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Black and grey photograph of the words you only live once in black script tattooed diagonally across the inner forearm.
You only live once script on a forearm