Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Dark script lettering tattooed in four lines along the side of a ribcage, set against bare skin.
Script quote along the ribs
Black fine script tattoo reading 'We loved with a love that was more than love' across the ribs, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Script quote across the ribs
Black and grey photo of the inner forearm with the words Here I stand. in a typewriter style font, set against a pale, soft-focus background.
Here I stand lettering on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a ribbon bow, scrolls and the words Each day is a gift and not a given right, on the ribs.
Ribbon, scrolls and quote on the ribs
Black script lettering reading Dreams are our escape from reality on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen over a white vest top.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey ink drawing of a giraffe with its neck curled round, with a line of text running down the neck in a lettering design.
Giraffe neck with quote lettering
Black script quote about a rare flower beside a pink cherry blossom branch tattoo on skin, in a lettering and botanical style.
Cherry blossom branch with script quote
Black script lettering reading All good things are wild and free across the ribs, a lettering tattoo in black ink on bare skin.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading 'the show must go on... All over the place... or something', a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Handwritten script quote: the show must go on
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a sun over snowy peaks and a river, framed by a rope border and the words If it's the mountains bending rivers you will have them.
Mountain, river and sun scene on a thigh
Black script lettering reading Love is All or Nothing with a small heart on the inner forearm of a woman with dark hair.
Love is All or Nothing script on forearm
Black script lettering reading It's More Than Just A Game above and below a shaded grey hockey trophy and a red winged emblem, tattooed on an upper arm.
Hockey trophy and red wing with script quote
Close photo of a lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, a black serif quote with a small red lips motif, on a pink textured background.
Bachelorette quote and red lips on wrist
Black script lettering reading Your heart beats no matter how much pain you are in, across the hip in a lettering style.
Script quote along the hip
Black tattoo of a cross and a flock of birds rising from the shoulder, with lettering along the upper back, in a lettering style.
Cross and birds with script on upper back
Black ink typewriter-style lettering reading 'To live is the rarest thing' on the left side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment pulled up beside it.
Quote lettering on the ribs in black ink
Black lettering reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, tattooed along the side of a bare foot on wet sand.
Quote and birds along a foot
Black fine line script reading 'We shall never drift apart' with an anchor, tattooed on the top of a foot and on a lower leg above the ankle.
Matching anchor and script quote on feet
Black and grey flash sheet showing three arrow designs, two with script wording such as aim in life and keep aiming, with no body placement shown.
Three arrow designs with script quotes
Black fine line bow tattoo on the back of a wrist, with script lettering reading Trust Yourself on the inner forearm and Love across a finger.
Bow and script words on hand and forearm
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading everything happens for a reason across the inner forearm.
Handwritten quote on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a segmented serpent biting its own tail in a circle, with the lettering Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration set around the edge.
Circular serpent design with quote lettering
Black script lettering in fine handwritten style runs diagonally across a pale inner forearm and wrist.
Script lettering quote across the wrist
Black script lettering reading Released from my hand's, Sealed in my heart, across the back of a person's neck above a white T-shirt.
Script quote across the back of the neck
Black lettering design of a two-line quote about an anchor and wings, with a hanging chain, a small anchor and a bird silhouette, shown on a plain white background.
Anchor and wings quote lettering design
Black typewriter-style lettering reading FIGHT OFF YOUR DEMONS. across the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Fight off your demons quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two blue birds on a branch with yellow, red and orange flowers and the words every little thing will be alright, in script on the inner forearm.
Blue birds, flowers and script quote on a forearm
Two inner wrists side by side, each with a black script quote tattoo: the left reads What God has joined together and the right reads Let no man separate.
Matching script quote tattoos on inner wrists
Black script lettering reading he walks with me followed by an ellipsis, tattooed across the top of a foot in a Lettering style.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Black serif lettering tattoo on a forearm reading "We are a part of you, invisible to anyone else".
Serif quote tattoo on the forearm
Two photos of a fine line black script tattoo reading to infinity and beyond with three bird silhouettes in flight, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
"To infinity and beyond" script with three birds on chest
Dark blue script lettering reading through every dark night, there is a brighter day, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading Don't forget to love yourself, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote reading Don't forget to love yourself
Black typewriter-style lettering across the upper back reads nothing of me is original, with the person's face out of frame.
Typewriter quote tattoo across upper back
Black hand-lettered design reading Embrace the Journey, with a looping script for Embrace and a swash-flourished The above a serif capitals JOURNEY, shown on a plain white background.
Embrace the Journey lettering design
Two black script quote tattoos on the shoulders of two people's backs, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other reading Maybe in distance but never in heart.
Matching script quote tattoos on two shoulders
Black script lettering on a forearm reading "Don't let the past make your dicisions, for today", shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading God is within her, she will not fall, tattooed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote on upper chest
Black script lettering reading Leaving behind my minor life for grander maybes, with small underline flourishes, on skin at the side of the hip above a patterned fabric strap.
Script quote tattoo on the side of the hip
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm reading you see flowers in these weeds, beside a dandelion seed head with drifting seeds.
Quote and dandelion seed head on a forearm
Black fine line script lettering reading keep it close watch on this heart of mine, curving along the ribs.
Script quote curving along the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading One step at a time with infinity symbols, placed on the side of an ankle.
One step at a time script with infinity symbols on ankle
Black ink lettering on a forearm in a typewriter-style font, reading so please forgive what i have done, no you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Four lines of text on a forearm
Black script tattoo reading what matters most is how well you walk through the fire, with a peace symbol at the wrist end, on a forearm.
Script quote and peace symbol on a forearm
Black and grey Cheshire Cat face tattoo with blue eyes and realistic shading, beside handwritten script on the inner forearm.
Cheshire Cat face and script on forearm
Thin black script tattoo reading Trust Without Borders on the inner forearm, with a city skyline and motorway behind.
Trust Without Borders script on forearm
Black and grey photograph of a block lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL with MUSIC SPEAKS upside down beneath it.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Close-up of a fine black script tattoo reading The rest is still unwritten... across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote reading The rest is still unwritten