Quote tattoo ideas

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Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading "we live with the scars we choose" across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Black script quote reading 'To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong' over rainbow watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Quote lettering with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script quote tattoo along the side of a ribcage, with a lace bra visible above it.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Black script lettering tattoo on a thigh reading Everything will be okay, In the end, If it's not okay, Then it's not the end.
Script quote tattoo on a thigh
Black fine line script lettering reading Live as if you were to die tomorrow, running vertically along the side of the ribs.
Script quote running down the ribs
Black fine line script tattoo reading inhale the future exhale the past, with four birds in flight, on a shoulder.
Script quote and flying birds on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of the words not all those who wander are lost, set in a decorative script across two lines on skin.
Quote tattoo in decorative script
Small fine-line script reading Tu és casa on the side of a torso, above the hip, with black cut-out straps across the skin.
Tu és casa lettering on the side ribs
Handwritten black script reading Us against the world with a swirled heart, shown as a lettering design on a beige background.
Us against the world script with heart
Black and grey family tree tattoo with swirling leaves, script lettering and roots on the side of the ribs.
Family tree with roots and script lettering on ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading there is light somewhere, it may not be much light, but it beats the darkness, tattooed along the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of stacked polaroid-style photographs showing a swing by water, with the script words Every summer has a story, on a upper back.
Stacked polaroids with a swing and script quote
Black lettering tattoo reading "One foot in the grave..." on the back of a calf, with a prosthetic leg visible beside it.
Quote lettering on a calf
Black ink quote in a serif-style font running down a forearm, with a circular tree of life design near the wrist, in black and grey ink.
Tree of life and quote on a forearm
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading amica mea on the upper back and one reading soror mea on the forearm.
Amica mea and soror mea script tattoos
Black fine line script tattoo across the lower back reading 'The pain you feel today... is the strength you feel tomorrow', worn above a grey garment waistband.
Script quote across the lower back
Black fine line script tattoo reading Courage dear heart on the inner forearm.
Courage dear heart script on a forearm
Black hand-lettered tattoo reading TOO WEIRD TO LIVE TOO RARE TO DIE with a small bat above it, on the side of the ribs.
Lettering quote with a bat on the side ribs
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the words "You think you have forever, but you don't" tattooed in a typewriter-style lettering font, placed on the forearm.
Quote tattoo along a forearm
Black and grey realistic lily tattoo on an upper thigh, with script lettering reading Learn from yesterday, Live for today and Hope for tomorrow.
Lily cluster with quote on thigh
Colour tattoo on a calf in a traditional style, with a printed quote about risk above pink and red cherry blossom flowers and a dark figure below.
Quote and cherry blossoms on a calf
Black and white photograph of a woman's bare back with a fine line script tattoo running down the length of the spine, from the neck to the lower back.
Fine line script tattoo along the spine
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a red and white striped hat beside black script lettering reading there is no one alive who is youer than you.
Striped hat and script quote on forearm
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with angular symbols above a horizontal rule and the italic words God is greater than the highs and lows, on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
Black script lettering tattooed along a forearm, with the hand resting on a striped pillow.
Script quote along a forearm
Hand-drawn infinity symbol tattoo designs in black fine-line pen on paper, with script words such as love, faith, peace, hope and infinity.
Infinity symbol designs with script words
Black script lettering tattoo reading without struggle there is no progress, placed on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering on the ribs
Two side-by-side photos of feet, each with a shaded black and grey puzzle piece tattoo and script lettering above the toes, a matching pair.
Matching puzzle piece and script on feet
Black blackletter-style lettering reading SHIT HAPPENS, tattooed on the inner upper arm in black ink.
Shit Happens lettering on an upper arm
Fine line black script reading miles to go across the top of a foot, with a brown sandal strap crossing beside it and purple toenail polish.
Miles to go script on top of foot
Colour tattoo of a cartoon sheep wearing a red bow, with blue hearts and the words I thought you loved me in black lettering, on a calf.
Cartoon sheep with bow and quote on a calf
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, reading WORDS FAIL above MUSIC SPEAKS, with the second line upside down.
Words fail, music speaks lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Still I Rise across the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photograph.
Still I Rise script on the wrist
Black script lettering tattoo reading Don't forget to love yourself, placed across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote across upper chest
Close photo of a black script tattoo reading Take me as I am or watch me as I go across two lines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Script quote across the ribs
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with the words THIS SKIN + BONES IS A RENTAL in bold block lettering on the inner wrist.
Block lettering quote on an inner wrist
Black cursive script reading take me as i am across the lower stomach, just below a dark lace waistband, in a fine lettering style.
Take me as I am script on the lower stomach
Two wrists pressed together showing black script lettering, reading After all this time? on the left wrist and Always on the right, both placed on the wrist.
Wrist lettering: 'After all this time?' and 'Always'
Black lettering tattoo reading darling you'll be okay with a small solid heart, on the inner wrist, in a black and white photograph.
Script quote and heart on wrist
Close view of a woman lying on a bed, showing a fine line black script tattoo of a short phrase along her left side ribs.
Fine line script on the side ribs
Black lettering across the finger joints of two clenched fists, reading Do or do not, there is no try, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Finger lettering reading Do or do not, there is no try
Black and grey photo of a fine script tattoo reading 'I loved you at your darkest' with 'Romans 5:8' beneath it, on the upper thigh.
Script quote tattoo on the thigh
Watercolour-style tattoo on the upper arm showing a teal and pink heart inside a pink and teal circle, with a dandelion, two small birds and the script words The struggle is part of the journey.
Heart, dandelion and quote on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo on the lower back reading I want to live not just survive, with a hand resting above it.
Script quote reading I want to live not just survive
Black lettering tattoo of a serif quote across the inside of a forearm, lying on grass in warm sunlight.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black design of a feather releasing flying birds beside the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a white feathered background.
Feather and birds with script quote
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading we see things they'll never see along the inner forearm, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote along a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, with small stars and a wand line, on the side of the ribs.
Quote lettering with stars on the ribs