Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black handwritten script reading "you can do this" in a brush lettering style on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
"You can do this" script lettering design
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a vintage microphone and two roses, with a banner reading The best is yet to come, in a realistic shaded style.
Microphone and roses banner on forearm
Black and grey hand-lettered tattoo flash design of an anchor with rope and the words If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land, drawn on a sketchbook page, with no body part shown.
Anchor with hand-lettered quote design
Black script lettering reading "You have no power over me" with fine vines and three small pink and blue shaded orbs, on the side of a thigh.
"You have no power over me" script on thigh
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading Don't live in fear of the future on a forearm and one reading 'Cause I'll always be there on a shoulder.
Script quotes on forearm and shoulder
Black lettering tattoo in flowing script reading Our scars remind us that the past is real, across a person's upper back.
Script quote across upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading Je ne regrette rien across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Je ne regrette rien script on collarbone
Black ink tattoo of the words So it goes. with a small fine line starburst below it, on the back of a woman's neck.
Quote and starburst at the nape of the neck
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back showing a fine line Greek lettering tattoo running vertically down the centre of the spine.
Greek lettering down the spine
Back tattoo of two red and orange phoenixes on the shoulder blades, with black script running down the spine.
Twin phoenixes with spine script across a back
Black ink line drawing of a scroll banner reading FAITH, HOPE & LOVE within a handwritten scripture quote from 1 Corinthians 13:13, in a lettering style.
Banner lettering with 1 Corinthians 13:13
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner forearm, with a quote and a triangle symbol in the upper photo and a second quote in the lower photo.
Two quotes tattooed along a forearm
Black script lettering reading You'll never live if you're just too scared to die, tattooed on a forearm in black ink.
Script quote tattoo on an arm
Black script lettering reading Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly, with small butterflies, on a woman's shoulder and upper back.
Script quote and butterflies on a shoulder
Black and grey script lettering reading Today was like one of those fly dreams across a shoulder and upper chest, with a small heart tattoo on a finger.
Script quote across shoulder and chest
Black serif lettering reading I will be king and you will be queen across the inner forearm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black ink lettering tattoo of a block of scripture text across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Scripture lettering across a back
Black line tattoo of a rabbit beside script lettering that reads my heart has joined the Thousand, on the side of a ribcage.
Rabbit and script quote on ribs
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I am the hero of this story on the inner wrist of a raised, clenched fist against a dark background.
Quote on the wrist: I am the hero of this story
Black ink tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, surrounded by curved lettering across a person's upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with quote on back
Blue and black lettering tattoo of a filigree heart reading We're all mad here, placed on the upper arm.
Heart with lettering on upper arm
Black flourished script reading Live Out Loud on a white background, a lettering design suitable for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Live Out Loud script lettering design
Black ink tattoo of the words IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL stacked above a small anchor on the inner forearm, shown beside a notebook with the same design written on the page.
Anchor and lettering on a forearm
Black and white photo of a blackwork-style lettering tattoo reading NORMAL PEOPLE SCARE ME across the upper back below the neck.
Block lettering quote on upper back
Black lettering reading We're all stories in the end above a red bow tie tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Quote and red bow tie on ribs
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner reading what a catch, surrounded by circular lettering and two stars, on an upper thigh.
Anchor and quote on a thigh
Black script lettering reading Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, with a feather and flying birds, drawn on a white feathered background.
Feather, birds and script quote design
Fine line cursive script reading nothing is permanent, drawn in dark ink across a pale textured background in a four-panel collage.
Nothing is permanent script lettering
Black fine line script tattoo of a Galileo quote across the upper back of a person wearing a black top with a strap.
Galileo quote in fine line script on upper back
Black fine script lettering reading a four-line quote across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote along the inner forearm
Black fine line outline of Dumbo the elephant with the words Embrace what makes you different above it, placed on the lower back.
Dumbo outline with quote on lower back
Close photograph of a black ink lettering tattoo on the back, a six-line quote set in a serif typeface with a wide, even layout.
Black lettering quote tattoo on skin
Black ink verse quote in a serif typeface, set inside an ornate scrolled frame on the outer thigh, with partial script visible above.
Verse quote in ornate scroll frame on thigh
Small black uppercase lettering reading SLEEP LESS. READ MORE. on a forearm, with the hand resting against a beige wall.
Sleep less, read more slogan on forearm
Black script lettering reading I mourn for those who never knew you across the upper back of a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair, in a lettering style on the back.
Script quote across upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a dandelion releasing seeds towards three birds, with the script 'i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)', on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds, birds and script on a shoulder
Black script lettering reading I can show you the world with decorative flourishes across the upper chest.
Script quote across the upper chest
Black lettering tattoo in a handwritten script running diagonally across the ribs of a person with wet skin, one arm folded across the chest.
Handwritten script tattoo along the ribs
Black handwritten lettering on an upper arm reads its is my life, with the attribution Jon Bovi beneath it.
Handwritten quote tattoo on upper arm
Black script lettering reading Love yourself across the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of a raised hand with pink nail polish.
Love yourself script on the wrist
Black fine line lettering reading LIKE A WAVE on the inner forearm of a person seated with ripped denim jeans.
Like a wave lettering on forearm
Black hand-lettered script design on a white background reading Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn, with looping flourishes and a swash capital L.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn lettering
Black and white photo of two forearms with fine line script lettering, a triangle outline and small motifs, holding a metal skull.
Script lettering and fine line forearms holding a skull
Black script quote reading In you, I've found the love of my life and my closest, truest friend, with two interlocking outline hearts below, on a cream background.
Script quote with interlocking hearts
Black fine line script reading Somewhere over the rainbow runs up the side of a bare foot resting on green grass, near the ankle.
Script quote running up the foot
Black serif lettering of a quote runs diagonally across the inner forearm of a person holding their open hand up, in a lettering style on the forearm.
Typeset quote along a forearm
Black and grey fine line design of five feathers above the lettering Under His wings you will find refuge, with Psalm ninety one verse four beneath it.
Five feathers with Psalm 91:4 lettering
Black script lettering reading After all this time? Always, with a triangle, circle and line symbol, on the inner forearm.
Script quote and triangle symbol on a forearm