Quote tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo on the upper leg of a pocket watch with a chain, playing card suits, red lips and a heart, with the lettering 'Have I gone mad' and a quote in script.
Pocket watch and quote on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a compass in a rope border, a blue and red anchor and the words Let your past be your compass but never your anchor.
Compass, rope and anchor quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo of a French quote running vertically along the side of the ribs, with the wearer holding blue satin ribbons.
French script quote along the side ribs
Black ink tattoo of an anchor woven through an infinity symbol, with the script words 'I refuse to sink' beneath it, on a person's back.
Anchor and infinity with 'I refuse to sink' script
Black script lettering tattoo reading Every saint has a past and Every sinner has a future, across the side of a torso.
Two-line script quote on the side of the torso
Black and white photo of a foot with a black block-lettering quote tattoo on the ankle, partly cropped at the edge of the frame.
Block lettering quote on ankle
Black script lettering reading self made or never made on the inner wrist and forearm, with fingers curled above and a ring on one finger.
Self made or never made script on a wrist
Fine line script tattoo reading Daughter of a King in black ink on a forearm.
Daughter of a King script on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a quote about magic, with a lightning bolt and round-framed glasses below, on the side of the ribs.
Quote with lightning bolt and glasses on ribs
Black outline tattoo of headphones with a trailing cable and the script lettering Music is the medicine of the mind, on the side of the ribs.
Headphones and quote on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a ballet dancer in purple ink above the ankle, with the words To dance is to breathe written below it.
Ballet dancer and script on a lower leg
Black and grey photo of two crossed forearms, each with the script lettering 'To the moon and back', and the lower arm also has a crescent moon.
Matching 'To the moon and back' forearm tattoos
Black and grey serif lettering tattoo on a person's upper back reading I am the architect of my own Destruction, with a small flourish beneath.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain range above the script words the mountains are calling on skin, placed on the upper shoulder or back.
Mountain range and script quote on shoulder
Black and grey photograph of a typewriter-style lettering tattoo reading I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane, running diagonally across the upper back near the shoulder.
Typewriter quote across the upper back
Black script tattoo reading All good things are wild and free, with a shaded feather and small birds, across a woman's upper chest and shoulder.
Feather and quote across a shoulder
Black fine line script tattoo reading though she be but little she is fierce across a person's lower stomach above black lace underwear.
Script quote across the lower stomach
Black and grey script tattoo reading Stay Strong with a shaded feather, sitting on the upper chest near the shoulder.
Stay Strong script with feather on the chest
Black script lettering reading Goonies never say die across the lower back, with soft grey shading.
Goonies never say die script on lower back
Back view of a fine-line black script quote tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine.
Script quote running down the spine
Black and red keyhole tattoo with an eye inside, surrounded by circular lettering reading live the car-crash hearts, on the lower leg.
Keyhole and eye with circular lettering on a calf
Black line drawing of the words Follow your heart in mixed lettering, with a simple arrow and a solid heart on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Follow your heart lettering with arrow
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading We're all stories in the end on a forearm, with a plaid sleeve above.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm of a person with dark hair, reading the Serenity Prayer in serif capitals and italic script.
Serenity Prayer lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading "It was then that I carried you" across the side of a foot, a fine line lettering tattoo.
Script quote tattoo along the side of a foot
Black lettering tattoo reading Curiosity often leads to trouble along the side of a thigh, with a hand resting on the hip above it.
Quote on the thigh in black script
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a serif typeface across the side of a ribcage, with a hand and ring visible above.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black handwritten lettering tattoo reading its is my life with Jon Bovi beneath it, placed on the upper arm.
Handwritten quote tattoo on upper arm
Two black swallow silhouettes above black script reading Follow your heart and Never look back, tattooed on two forearms.
Matching swallows and script quotes on wrists
Black ink serif lettering on the inside of a forearm reads for a minute there I lost myself, with a small coloured tattoo just visible at the elbow.
Quote lettering along a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'Simple like a mountain is simple' across the forearm, photographed against a white wall and bathroom background.
Script quote on forearm: simple like a mountain
Two matching fine line script tattoos on the inner wrists reading 'our bond is everlasting', each ending in a small heart charm.
Matching 'our bond is everlasting' wrist tattoos
Black lettering reading It's real for us, with a small star on each side, in a fine script style on the inner wrist.
Small quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a triangle with a circle inside and lettering along its edges, shown on bare skin.
Triangle and circle with quote lettering
Close-up of two hands held palm up, with a black script lettering tattoo reading Whom then shall I fear on the right wrist.
Script quote on the wrist
Black ink tattoo of an anchor beside the script quote 'Don't pray for an easy life, Pray for the strength to endure a hard one' on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anchor and quote on a shoulder blade
Fine line black script tattoo reading be still on the side of a ribcage, with a grey top lifted to show it.
Be still script on the ribs
Black and grey shaded compass rose tattoo on the inner forearm, with the script quote Not all those who wander are above it and the word Lost below.
Compass rose and quote on forearm
Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Never look back across the upper back below the neck, with a black cut-out top and pink bra visible.
Never look back script on upper back
Black and grey script lettering tattoos reading Remind me that we will always have each other and When everyone else is gone, placed on the ribs of two people.
Matching script quote tattoos on ribs
Black and white photo of fine line script reading Just Breathe running vertically along a person's ribs, with the torso cropped below the chest.
Just Breathe script along the ribs
Black lettering reading 'A dream is a wish your heart makes' across the top of a foot, with a blue glass slipper tattoo below the text.
Quote and glass slipper on a foot
Black script lettering reading Fall down seven times, Stand up eight across the side ribs of a woman wearing denim shorts and a black lace thong.
Quote tattoo on the side ribs
Black script lettering reading We accept the Love We think we Deserve across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a teal forest scene inside a black triangle, with a dark figure silhouetted under a glowing ring, above a script quote attributed to Albus Dumbledore.
Deathly Hallows triangle and quote on forearm
Fine line black script reading and it was still hot, with a small brown pot and spoon, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Script quote and pot on a foot
Two people seen from behind showing fine line script tattoos on their shoulders, one reading together forever never apart with a small heart and the other reading maybe in distance but never in with a
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Black script lettering reading Live by faith, not by sight runs across the nape of the neck, just behind the ear.
Live by faith script on the neck