Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands wrapped in a scroll banner reading Lord forgive me for my past wrongs and future sins, on the upper arm.
Praying hands with banner on upper arm
Black flowing script lettering reading it ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it, drawn on a plain white background in a lettering style.
Script quote lettering design
Black script lettering reading learn to love yourself and never hide the scars, with a small butterfly outline, tattooed across the upper back.
Script quote and butterfly tattoo on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's back and shoulder showing a hockey mask, a bladed glove, a doll face, chains and a knife, with quotes in the design.
Horror film characters across back and shoulder
Black fine line script tattoo reading With pain comes strength across skin, with the body part not clearly shown.
With pain comes strength script tattoo
Black and grey shaded lion cub tattoo with the words Remember Who You Are arcing around it on the skin.
Lion cub with curved 'Remember Who You Are' script
Black script lettering reading "How long is forever? Sometimes just one second" across the outer upper thigh.
Handwritten quote on an upper thigh
Black script lettering of the Serenity Prayer with two small red flowers and black vines, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Serenity prayer script with red flowers on the ribs
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading Dream as if you'll live forever on the side of a torso, in lettering style.
Script quote reading Dream as if you'll live forever
Black script tattoo reading Today is a gift on the upper back of a person with short dark hair, in a Lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on upper back
Black ink script lettering in a cursive hand across the side of the ribs, reading a four-line romantic quote.
Black script quote along the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds that become flying birds, with the script She believed she could so she did, on the outer side of a foot.
Dandelion, birds and script on a foot
Red and black Buffy the Vampire Slayer tattoo on the thigh, with a red silhouette, a dark moon and the words Death is my gift and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer lettering on thigh
Two black swallows above the words we only part to meet again 5-17-12, set in a small typewriter-style font on the side of the ribs.
Two swallows and a quote on the ribs
Lettering-style temporary tattoo on the inner wrist reading I'm with Robin & Ashley's Bachelorette Party, with two rainbow martini glasses in red and black ink.
Bachelorette party quote with rainbow martini glasses
Colour butterflies beside black script reading "Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly", a lettering tattoo on the back.
Butterflies and script quote on the back
Black and grey tattoo of an old map with a compass rose, mountains and a flying figure above, with a quote in script, across the side of the ribs.
Map and compass rose on the ribs
Black script tattoo reading my story isn't over yet with a semicolon above its end, across a forearm.
Semicolon and script quote on a forearm
Black serif lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading in the end, i want my heart to be covered in stretch marks.
Four-line quote tattoo on a forearm
Black linework tattoo on the upper back reading "Do you suppose she's a wildflower" in lettering framed by swirling vines, leaves and two coloured flowers, in a lettering and botanical style.
Wildflower quote with vines on back
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Not all those who wander are lost, with swirl flourishes on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Quote lettering with swirls on a foot
Black tribal-style scorpion tattoo design on a white background, with a bold printed quote beneath it.
Tribal scorpion design with quote
Black script lettering on an upper arm reads Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, then Love leaves a memory no one can steal.
Script quote on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a running wolf pierced by arrows, with the words WINTER IS COMIN beneath it, on the calf.
Running wolf with arrows and lettering on a calf
Two forearms pressed together, each with fine line black script lettering tattooed on the skin reading I will never let you fall and I'll stand up with you forever.
Matching script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black script lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across the ribs, with a hand with red nail polish resting at the top of the frame.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Fine line black script lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, along the spine.
Vertical script quote down the back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing Groot, Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer, a Hulk fist and an arc reactor around a banner reading It's only forever, not long at all.
Groot with superhero emblems in a rope frame
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm reading (500) This is not a love story. This is a story about love, in a script and serif style.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Close photo of a fine handwritten script phrase tattooed along a middle finger in dark ink, against a tiled floor.
Script quote along a finger
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Never a failure always a lesson along the inner forearm, with a wristwatch on the other wrist.
Script quote on a forearm
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists reading to the moon and back, with a crescent moon and two stars, in a lettering style.
Matching to the moon and back wrist tattoos
Black ink flash sheet of lettering quotes, including follow your dreams, let it go, you got this and be strong and courageous, decorated with arrows and feathers, with no body placement shown.
Arrow and lettering quote flash sheet
Black handwritten lettering reading 'It's not you, it's my inability to stand human beings' with a line-drawn palm tree below, tattooed on a lower leg.
Handwritten quote and palm tree on a calf
Black line drawing of an arched headstone with a small winged cherub at the top, the words EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND NOTHING HURT in outlined capitals, and tufts of grass at the base.
Headstone with angel and quote
Black ink tattoo on a thigh with a handwritten-style quote about battle scars, framed by two angular outlined hearts.
Quote and outlined hearts on a thigh
Black hand-lettered script reading choose joy on a white background, with soft grey brush texture and no body placement shown.
Choose joy hand lettering design
Black fine line tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, showing a treble clef joined to a heartbeat line above the script words Where words fail music speaks.
Treble clef and heartbeat line on the wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon woman in red polka-dot bandana and glasses raising a fist under a speech bubble, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon character with speech bubble on thigh
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading 'She believed she could so she did' across the ribs, worn by a person in a purple sports bra and open white shirt.
Script quote on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo across the ribs in handwritten script, reading you were given this life because you were strong enough to live it.
Three-line script quote on the ribs
Black line drawing of a deer-like creature with a flowing mane, with the words NEVER RUN above and FROM ANYTHING IMMORTAL below, on a white background.
Deer-like creature with NEVER RUN lettering
Black flash design of a feather dissolving into flying birds, with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not beside it.
Feather turning into birds with script quote
Black flash design of a bird silhouette in flight beside the script words 'don't just fly... soar', with no body placement shown.
Bird silhouette with 'don't just fly... soar' script
Two bare feet on blue patterned bedding, each with black script lettering along the top of the foot reading a line of a quote.
Matching script quote tattoos on two feet
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a scroll banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with purple flowers, green leaves, footprints and a triangle and circle symbol.
Quote banner with flowers on a thigh
Black script lettering quote tattooed down the side of a woman's ribs, with a small tattoo visible on her forearm, in lettering style.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Handwritten lettering in an infinity loop reading live the life you love and live the life you live, drawn in black ink on paper.
Infinity quote lettering design on paper