Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading The ones we love never truly leave us, tattooed along the side of the ribs in a lettering style.
Script quote along the side ribs
Black fine line script reading Dreamer Of Improbable Dreams with a trail of small stars and dots across the top of a foot.
Script quote with stars on a foot
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me, with a black linework castle outline behind the words.
Castle and quote lettering on a thigh
Shaded sunflower tattoo on a shoulder with the words you are my sunshine in black script running across the upper chest.
Sunflower and script on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle, circle and vertical line, with script lettering along its edges on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script quote on back
Black fine line compass rose with a fleur-de-lis above the north point and the words Not all those who wander are Lost beside it, tattooed on a forearm.
Compass rose and quote on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS with orange explosions, a gear motif and banners reading We only have what we remember, on an upper arm.
TARDIS and explosions on an upper arm
Small black typewriter-style lettering reading "i feel infinite." on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up against a pale pink sheet.
"i feel infinite." lettering on the inner wrist
Close view of a fine line script tattoo reading expecto patronum in dark ink across the upper arm, with a blue sleeve visible at the top left.
Expecto patronum script on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a tree stump with a heart carving, grass tufts and handwritten script reading and the boy did and the tree was happy, across the top of a foot.
Tree stump and script quote on a foot
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design with a curling scroll reading Embrace your Madness, a pocket watch, a top hat, playing card suits and a silhouette of Alice falling.
Alice in Wonderland quote scroll design
Small lettering tattoo on a thigh with a yellow and orange crown above the black words I'll eat you up, I love you so.
Crown and quote tattoo on a thigh
Black handwritten script lettering reading Tomorrow may rain, so today I will follow the sun, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Handwritten quote about following the sun
Black lettering quote reading Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality, with a green-eyed Cheshire Cat grin beneath it, tattooed on the upper thigh.
Cheshire Cat grin and quote on thigh
Flash sheet of fine line designs with black ink and pale watercolour washes, including a hand, Saturn, a birdcage, a teacup, a bicycle and a paper plane, each with a text banner.
Sticker sheet of quote-banner designs
Black lettering tattoo reading Just keep swimming beside a tribal-style fin with swirl details, on the side of the ribs.
Just keep swimming script with tribal fin
Black and grey photograph of a fine line and dotwork lotus tattoo with the script words Dreaming is believing and a vertical endless knot on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lotus and script quote on upper back
Black ink tattoo of the words Not all those who wander are lost in a serif font, flanked by two small bird silhouettes, on the upper back below the neck.
Quote and two birds on upper back
Black and grey script lettering reading Always remember who you are runs along the inner forearm in a monochrome photo.
Script quote along a forearm
Two forearms with matching black and grey tattoos: a ship's wheel with script reading be the one to guide me, and an anchor with script reading but never hold me down.
Matching ship's wheel and anchor forearm tattoos
Watercolour-style heart tattoo in rainbow colours with black script lettering across it, on the lower limb of a person's skin.
Watercolour heart with script quote
Black script lettering reading Nothing is promised with a red lip print below it, tattooed across the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and red lip print on collarbone
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm showing stylised initials MTW above the script quote Open your mind Before your mouth.
Initials and quote on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo on the inner wrist showing a semicolon beside the words 'You Are The Author' in mixed script fonts.
Semicolon and 'You Are The Author' on a wrist
Black fine line script lettering reading a quote sits across the upper chest near the collarbone, beside a grey top and a pendant necklace.
Script quote on the upper chest
Grey flourished script reading faith above smaller pink lettering that reads is things which are hoped for and not seen, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Faith script lettering design
Black and grey script lettering reading Stop Watching and Start Doing inside a thin diamond outline on a forearm, in lettering style.
Stop Watching and Start Doing lettering
Black script lettering reading Just Breathe with a full stop, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Just Breathe script lettering design
Back view of a woman with a small black lettering tattoo on her upper arm, partly legible French text, with her hand on her hip.
Small text tattoo on upper arm
Two matching black script tattoos reading Together forever, never apart, maybe in distance, but not in heart, across the upper back and shoulder.
Matching script quote on two upper backs
Black typewriter-font quote tattoo reading she believed she could so she did, set in a stacked column on the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain landscape with a cabin and pine trees in a circle, with the words Home is where the mountains are, on an upper arm.
Mountain landscape with Home is where the mountains are
Close photograph of a fine line black cursive script tattoo running diagonally along the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm, with a grey sleeve at the top of the frame.
Cursive script lettering on an inner forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a city skyline, a red bridge, a moon and two stars, with a quote on banners.
City skyline, red bridge and quote banners on a calf
Handwritten black script reading "with you, I am home" on a cream background, shown as a lettering design for a tattoo.
With you, I am home lettering design
Four panels show black lettering tattoos in script and ornate scrollwork: Spanish text on a wrist, a shoulder blade and a finger, plus a line on the lower back.
Spanish script tattoos on wrist, back and finger
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the ribs, one reading there is no better friend than a sister and the other reading and there is no better sister than you.
Matching sister quote tattoos on ribs
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading I am because you were along the inner forearm.
Script quote on a forearm
Two forearms with matching pastel scissor tattoos tied with bows, one forearm also bearing the script words Beauty is madness.
Matching scissors and bow forearm tattoos
Close-up of a tattoo on skin showing a purple awareness ribbon beside black script reading With pain comes Strength.
Purple awareness ribbon with script quote
Black fine-line script tattoo reading love yourself running diagonally along the inside of a forearm, in a bathroom setting.
Love yourself script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'through every dark night, there is a brighter day' in script across the side ribs.
Script quote on the ribs
Black script lettering tattoo reading give faith a fighting chance, placed on a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote tattoo on a shoulder
Black line drawing design of a script quote reading I think i'll miss you forever like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky, with silhouetted birds, shown on a white background.
Script quote with flying birds
Black and white photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading cheers to the miles it took to get here, placed on a person's upper back.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman in a floral dress, showing the words 'you are beautiful, you are valuable, you are enough' with small flying birds.
Quote and small birds on a forearm
Black fine-line script tattoo reading sometimes you have to fall before you fly, running across the outer thigh below denim cut-off shorts.
Script quote along a thigh
Black script lettering reading Where words fail, music speaks across the upper back of a person, in a lettering style.
Where words fail, music speaks script across the back