Quote tattoo ideas

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Fine line black sun tattoo and crescent moon tattoo with lettering running along the outer edge of two bare feet.
Sun and moon foot tattoos with script
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo reading though every dark night, there is a brighter day, placed along the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the side of the ribs
Black ink tattoo on a forearm with the words knitting is the saving of life in typewriter lettering around three stylised leaf or wheat motifs.
Knitting quote with leaf motif on forearm
Black and grey dotwork mandala on a woman's upper back, with fine script lettering running down the spine.
Mandala and spine script on upper back
Black and white photo of the outer upper arm of a person in a grey top, with the words WE CAN BE HEROES tattooed in block capitals.
We Can Be Heroes lettering on an arm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Viajar es vivir dos veces on the side of the ribs.
Spanish script quote on the side body
Black and grey handwritten script tattoo reading 'You are the page, the ink, the poem' across a woman's upper back, with a long braid and white ribbon.
Handwritten quote on the upper back
Black script reading 'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good' over pink, purple and blue watercolour splashes on a forearm tattoo.
Script quote over watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of an aeroplane with a dotted flight path and the script words life's a trip, on the side of an ankle.
Aeroplane and script quote on the ankle
Black lettering tattoo of a quote in a serif typewriter-style font running across the inner forearm, with grass in the background.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black cursive script tattoo along the ribs reading 'Never a failure, always a lesson', in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote on ribs: never a failure, always a lesson
Black and grey script quote above a winged diamond tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Script quote and winged diamond on ribs
Colour tattoo of an open book reading We're all stories in the end, with blue flowers and vines, on a limb in a close-up photo.
Open book with a quote and blue flowers
Black script lettering reading I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, tattooed across a shoulder and upper back.
Script scripture quote on a shoulder
Full back tattoo of a shaded grey skull with red poppies, a helicopter and a line of black lettering, with painterly black and red splashes.
Skull and poppies across a full back
Black and grey fine line horse head tattoo with script quotes above and below it on skin.
Horse outline with devotion quote
Black cursive script tattoo lettering design on a white background, reading 'Lose your mind.' above 'Find your soul.'
Two-line cursive script quote design
Close-up of a fine black anchor and script lettering reading refuse to sink, tattooed on a person's shoulder above the collarbone.
Anchor and script quote on a shoulder
Black and grey photo of the inner forearm with the words ALL MONSTERS ARE HUMAN in block lettering, shown against a window.
All Monsters Are Human lettering on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of honeycomb, three bees and small flowers with the script words Order is peace on the side of a torso.
Honeycomb and bees with script on the side
Black serif lettering reading Not all those who wander are lost across a pale forearm, set against a blurred green background.
Quote in serif lettering on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a sketched anatomical heart with black lettering reading what you love and let it kill you, with red watercolour splashes.
Anatomical heart and quote on a forearm
Black fine-line script reading Viajar es vivir dos veces runs diagonally across the side of the torso in a black and white photograph.
Spanish script quote along the side of the body
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the forearms, one with an anchor and one with three birds and a bird silhouette in lettering style.
Matching anchor and bird quote tattoos on forearms
Black fine line script reading Love me for who I am with a small bird silhouette at its left end, tattooed on pale skin.
Script quote with a small bird
Black script lettering reading Make a Wish, Take a Chance, Make a Change and breakaway across the upper back, with small black bird silhouettes rising towards the shoulder.
Script quote with birds on upper back
Black script lettering reading 'Don't forget to love yourself' across the inner wrist, in a fine, flowing hand.
Script quote reading 'Don't forget to love yourself' on
Fine line black tattoo of footprints running down the side ribs, with script reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good and a small snowflake near the hip.
Footprints and script quote on ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis north marker and the words not all those who wander are lost, on the inner forearm.
Compass rose and quote on the inner forearm
Black lettering tattoo in cursive script reading Accept what is, Let go of what was, and have faith in what will be, across the side of the hip and thigh.
Three-line script quote on the hip
Black linework tattoo of a geometric emblem within a circle, with a quote beneath it, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric emblem and quote on forearm
Close-up of a dark script quote reading a person's a person, no matter how small, beside a pink dandelion with a green stem, tattooed on a shoulder.
Dandelion and quote on a shoulder
Two bare feet on grass show matching fine line tattoos of the words You are my sunshine, each with a small yellow sun beside the text.
Matching sunshine quote tattoos on feet
Black script lettering tattooed on a forearm reads I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black ink sketch of a mountain range above the handwritten script words the mountains are calling, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Mountain range with script quote
Side of a torso showing a script quote with purple and green floral accents along the ribs, and a green and orange scale pattern tattoo on the hip.
Ribs script and green scale tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a flying saucer inside a circle of typewriter-style lettering, on an arm or leg of unclear placement.
UFO with circular quote tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate mirror frame beside a lettered quote in blackletter style, on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote and ornate mirror on the ribs
Grey shaded feather tattoo with script lettering reading 'With brave wings she flies' on the side of a hip, photographed in sunlight by the sea.
Feather and script quote on hip
Fine line script reading not all those who wander are lost, with a watercolour wash and an orange paper plane, on the inner forearm.
Paper plane and quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon characters kissing inside a black outline, with the words BUT LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING on a banner, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon couple kissing with quote on thigh
Black script tattoo of a Vincent Van Gogh quote about stars across a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Van Gogh star quote across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a full moon with cratered shading above a small serif quote on a forearm, reading Barn's burnt down, now I can see the moon.
Realistic moon and quote on a forearm
Two black ink script tattoos with rising sun designs sit on a pair of wrists, reading You are my Sunshine and My only Sunshine, shown in a phone screenshot.
Matching sunshine script tattoos on wrists
Small black script reading don't blink on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a plain white backdrop.
Don't blink script on the inner wrist
Two bare feet, each with a matching black script tattoo reading I hope you dance across the top of the foot.
Matching I hope you dance script on both feet
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase What's Past is Prologue with a small arrow beneath it, on the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Quote and arrow on a forearm
Fine black script lettering reading If there is hope, it lies in the proles, set along the ribs beneath a breast, with a hand with black nails resting above it.
Script quote along the ribs