Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a curling ribbon banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with footprints, on a limb.
Footprints and quote banner on a limb
Colourful paw print trail in blue, purple, teal, green and orange, with the words I'll meet you at the bridge in black script across the upper back.
Paw print trail with script on the upper back
Line drawing flash of a yellow crescent moon above a ribbon banner reading Fighting evil by moonlight, with a second banner reading Winning love by daylight, on a pink background.
Crescent moon and banner quote design
Fine line tattoo of a mountain range with the script words the mountains are calling on the upper back, below the shoulder blade.
Mountain line and script on upper back
Black script lettering reading without borders on the outer ankle, with a rolled denim trouser cuff above it.
Without borders script on ankle
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo of a two-line quote across the upper back, with dark hair tied up above it.
Quote tattoo on upper back
Black script lettering beside a small cross on the top of a foot, reading the end of a phrase ending in 'walks with me...'.
Script quote with cross on foot
Black typewriter-style lettering on an upper arm reading 'Everything that happens is from now on.'
Typewriter quote on the upper arm
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading I lost myself in us across the upper back, near the shoulder blade, with red hair falling over the shoulder.
Script quote across upper back
Black and grey script lettering tattoo of a motivational paragraph across the outer thigh, shown in a black and white photo with denim shorts.
Block quote tattoo on the thigh
Colourful barn owl tattoo in a loose watercolour style, with the words It's only forever not long at all in black script, on a limb.
Barn owl with lyric lettering on a limb
Cheshire Cat grin tattoo with teal eyes and a pink nose, with the words we're all mad here beneath it, on pale skin.
Cheshire Cat grin with teal eyes
Black script lettering reading 'for those I love I will sacrifice' across the upper thigh, beside denim shorts.
Script quote across the upper thigh
Black Lettering-style script tattoo reading "Only after disaster can we be resurrected" on the upper arm of a man with his arm raised behind his head.
Quote tattoo on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading There is no love without forgiveness, running vertically along the side of a bare back and ribs.
Fine line script quote along the back
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am across the upper chest, with a small butterfly in the middle and a shaded butterfly near the shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies on the collarbone
Blue watercolour-style tattoo on a lower leg showing a white triangle with an eye and bow tie inside flames, with the text Reality is an Illusion above and The Universe is a Hologram below.
Triangle eye and flames with quote on a calf
Fine line black tattoo on the ribs reading My life is my message, with three flying birds, a bird on a leafy branch and a cross.
Birds, branch and cross on the ribs
Black script lettering on a forearm reading She dreamed of paradise, every time she closed her eyes, set against a purple patterned background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading plus que ma propre vie across the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
French script quote on inner forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'Open your mind, its beautiful inside' running along the inner forearm against a dark leather background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading For we live by faith, not by sight, running diagonally across the side of the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font running down the side of the ribs, reading let it go, let them go, let all go, so comes love.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black and grey Celtic knotwork cross with the words Tell me I can't above and And I'll show you I can below, tattooed on a calf.
Celtic cross with quote lettering on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of three roses, a compass and script on the outer thigh.
Roses and compass on a thigh
Black and grey anchor tattoo with three banners reading a quote, shaded in a traditional style on the side of the ribs.
Anchor and quote banner on ribs
Black script lettering arranged in a loop across a bare leg, with a wine bottle and picnic basket on a striped blanket behind.
Script lettering looped in a circle on a leg
Black and grey dotwork sun with a crescent moon and script reading Light up the darkness, tattooed on the side of a thigh.
Sun and crescent moon with script on a thigh
Black script lettering reading "It was then that I carried you" with footprint motifs, tattooed across the top of a foot.
Script quote with footprints across a foot
Black script tattoo on a thigh reading All you need is faith, trust and a little bit of pixie dust, with two grey stars and a small mouse ear silhouette.
Script quote with stars on a thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading if I could, I would on the upper arm, with a white t-shirt sleeve and a dark wall with white line drawings behind.
If I could, I would script on upper arm
Two black tattoos on a forearm: a bold key silhouette reading MEMORY IS THE KEY, and a second black symbol in a blocky lettering style.
Memory is the key quote on forearm
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with bicycle wheel eyes, a red sawtooth halo and two lines of lettering, on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with bicycle eyes on a thigh
Black and grey typewriter-style lettering tattoo of a four-line quote across a person's upper back, shown in a black and white photograph.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black and grey serif lettering tattoo of a two-line quote running across the inner forearm.
Two-line quote across the forearm
Two wrists with matching fine line tattoos of a crescent moon, small four-point stars and the script words To the moon and back on the inner forearm.
Matching crescent moon and script wrist tattoos
Black and grey photograph of the phrase 'still I rise' in small serif lettering on the inner wrist of a forearm against a dark background.
Still I rise lettering on a wrist
Black script lettering reading Live Laugh Love across the inner wrist, shown on a hand held palm down.
Live Laugh Love script on a wrist
Black and white photo of two palms-up wrists, each with black script lettering tattooed on the inner wrist reading "Don't make this easy" and "I want you to mean it".
Matching script quote tattoos on two wrists
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading "to travel is to live" with a dotted flight path and airplane, on the side of the ribs.
Script quote with airplane on the ribs
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh in a lettering style, with a serif quote about courage between two ornamental scroll flourishes.
Lettered quote tattoo on the thigh
Black script lettering reading let your faith be bigger than your fears across the ribs, with a white lace garment above.
Script quote across the ribs
Close-up of a small black script tattoo reading Carpe Diem on the top of a foot, above a peach stiletto pump.
Carpe Diem script tattoo on the foot
Black fine script lettering reading Always on my mind and Forever in my heart, with two outlined hearts, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Script quote with two outlined hearts
Black script lettering of a quote runs down the side of the ribs, framed by two outlined hearts and small stars, shown in a sepia-toned photo.
Quote lettering with two hearts on the ribs
Black script lettering on a white background reading 'La vita è un sogno', a tattoo design in a flowing calligraphic style.
Italian script quote 'La vita è un sogno'
Close-up of a black fine-line lettering tattoo reading Peace will win, Fear will lose in a typewriter-style font, with a small tattoo visible on the upper arm in the left panel.
Peace will win quote lettering on skin
Black script tattoo reading be still on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a silver ring and pink nails visible beside it.
Be still script on the inner forearm