Quote tattoo ideas

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

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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
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon woman in a red polka-dot bandana flexing her arm, with banners reading I'M A STRONG and SMART SENSUAL WOMAN, on a calf.
Cartoon character with quote banners on a leg
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
Grey shaded elephant tattoo with blue watercolour-style splashes and the words I love you even still, even now, on the forearm.
Elephant with blue splash and quote
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
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing a house lifted by a bunch of balloons above a banner reading Adventure is out there, shown from two angles.
Balloons and house with banner on thigh
Fine line black script tattoo reading Be the change with three small birds, on the side of a foot.
Be the change script with birds on a foot
Two people's hips show black script lettering: "To infinity" on the left and "and beyond" on the right, both placed on the hip area.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script tattoos
Blue and black heart with a star and swirling lines beside a script quote on a forearm, in a Lettering style tattoo.
Heart and quote on a forearm
Deathly Hallows symbol above a handwritten quote with footprints, shown as a dark grey tattoo design on a white background.
Deathly Hallows symbol with script quote
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Je pense, donc je suis on the inner forearm.
French quote in fine line script on forearm
Close photograph of a fine line script quote reading without struggle there is no progress in black ink on the side of a torso, near the ribs.
Script quote along the ribs
Fine line black script reading if you're a bird I'm a bird with three small bird silhouettes, tattooed on the inner wrist.
Three birds and script quote on a wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading fearfully and wonderfully made with a small cross, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote with cross on the ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading alis volat propriis on the upper back, just below a black lace bra strap.
Fine line Latin script on upper back
Blue-grey handwritten quote and a line drawing of a serotonin molecule tattooed on a forearm, with a small bird at the bottom edge.
Serotonin molecule and quote on a forearm
Close-up of the upper back showing a black lettering tattoo of the quote "We are all fools in love" set in a typewriter font.
Typewriter quote across upper back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in five lines along the side of the ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo reading 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' across the chest, with a plaid shirt held open around it.
Quote tattoo across the chest
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a bird silhouette with speech bubbles and a boxed caption in lettering.
Black bird silhouette with quote lettering
Fine line black script tattoo reading Vincit qui se vincit along the side of the ribs.
Latin script quote along the ribs
Black geometric triangle armband tattoo on the upper arm and a fine script quote along the ribs of a person seen from behind.
Geometric armband and script quote on ribs
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Black handwritten script reading "You're so brilliant. Don't soon forget." on a grey textured background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Handwritten script reading You're so brilliant
Two people seen from behind with matching black script tattoos on their shoulders, reading You Are My Sunshine and My Only Sunshine beside small sun rays.
Matching sunshine quote tattoos on the shoulders
Black ink flash design of two birds and the lettering I am flawed if I'm not free, with swirling flourishes, shown on a white background.
Two birds and quote lettering design