Quote tattoo ideas

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Black script reading To live would be an awfully big adventure across the top of a foot, with a flying silhouette and pink, green and purple swirls.
Peter Pan quote with flying silhouette on foot
Black typewriter-style lettering reading The world is quiet here runs across the inner upper arm.
Typewriter quote on upper arm
Close-up of the inner forearm with small black sans-serif capital lettering reading LOVE YOURSELF SO NO ONE HAS TO, with a small crescent moon tattoo visible on the hand.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black fine line crescent moon with a script quote beside it, tattooed on the outer thigh of a person in a brown knitted cardigan.
Crescent moon and quote on a thigh
Close-up of a black script tattoo reading I am enough the way I am, running along the collarbone and upper shoulder, in a lettering style.
Script quote along the collarbone
Black typewriter-style lettering reading rather, they were too frightened to be cowards, tattooed along the inside of a forearm in front of a bookshelf.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Black script tattoo on the side of a thigh reading for every dark night, with a single arrow and there is a brighter day beneath it.
Quote and arrow on a thigh
Two photographs of rib tattoos: a red and grey bird beneath the script words Together forever never apart, and a shaded grey daisy beneath Maybe in distance but not in heart.
Bird and daisy rib tattoos with script quotes
Black handwritten script on a white background reading inhale confidence, exhale doubt, drawn as a fine line lettering design.
Inhale confidence, exhale doubt handwritten script
Black fine line tattoo of two eight-pointed stars and the words Think happy thoughts on the inner forearm, with cartoon nail art on the hand below.
Two stars and a quote on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo reading she is clothed in strength and dignity, on the side of a ribcage, with a hand resting over the shoulder.
Script quote tattoo on the side ribs
Fine line black script lettering reading Bind my wandering heart to thee across the inner forearm, against a cream background.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line tattoo design of four birds in flight above the script lettering life is a beautiful struggle, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Four birds above a script quote
Black and grey lettering tattoo in a typewriter font reading Have The Courage to Live. Anyone Can Die., running vertically along the upper arm.
Typewriter quote down the upper arm
White handwritten script reading "you got this" on a black background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
You got this handwritten lettering
Watercolour-style daisy tattoo in teal, pink and yellow on the upper arm, ringed by the script words Do you suppose she's a wildflower.
Watercolour daisy with wildflower quote
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a gold pocket watch on a chain, playing card suit symbols and a black script quote in a realistic lettering style.
Pocket watch and quote with playing card suits
Black and grey sunflower tattoo on a shoulder, with the script words you are my sunshine running across the upper chest to the right.
Sunflower and script quote on shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of a green hummingbird on a shoulder blade, with the black script words This too shall pass curving beneath it.
Hummingbird and script on a shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a vertical arrow with stylised lettering reading May the odds be ever in your favor, on the inside of a forearm.
Arrow and lettering quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Radiant as the sun, photographed on skin against a pale background.
Script quote reading Radiant as the sun
White ink lettering tattoo reading I must not tell lies across the back of a clenched hand, shown in a close photograph.
White ink script across the back of a hand
Woman seen from behind with a fine line script lettering tattoo running down her spine, in grey-black ink, above an open lace wedding dress.
French script quote down the spine
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo reading La vie est belle on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark top with a pineapple print.
Small French script quote on an upper arm
Black ink design of a large stylised letter K inside a circle, with a quotation written around the ring in hand-lettered capitals.
Circular quote around a large K
Black script lettering reading "My story isn't over" with a large semicolon above and below the words, tattooed on the ankle in a lettering style.
Semicolon and script quote on ankle
Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm, with a quote set in a circle around a central blackletter-style monogram.
Circular quote tattoo with monogram on upper arm
Black line drawing of a sword wrapped in ribbon banners reading 'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us', with a shield, ring, rose and landscape vignette.
Sword and quote banners line design
Black lettering tattoo of a quote in a typewriter-style font, placed on the side of the body, with a citation reference at the bottom.
Literary quote in typewriter lettering
Black script tattoo reading 'The earth has music for those who listen...' with three black swallows in flight, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Swallows and quote script on upper back
Black cursive script quote tattoo running diagonally along a forearm, with a small symbol tattoo near the wrist and a beaded evil eye bracelet.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black Arabic script above the English words "Appreciate life" in quotation marks, on a plain white background.
Arabic script with "Appreciate life" text
Black and white photo of script lettering reading Try walking in my shoes on the back of a calf, with the wearer in black high heels.
Try walking in my shoes script on a calf
Black and grey dreamcatcher with shaded feathers and a cursive quote reading Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today, tattooed on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher and quote on the ribs
Black and grey traditional nautical designs, including a ship, star, compass and lighthouse, shown as flash sheets and temporary tattoos on a thigh.
Nautical temporary tattoo designs on a thigh
Black script tattoo reading All that you need now is in your soul, with a small black heart and wing on the side of the torso above the waistband.
Script quote with heart and wing on the side torso
Black fine line script lettering tattoo on a wrist, partly covered by a dark leather wrap bracelet with a gold clasp.
Script quote tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo design of birds taking flight beside the script words Don't be afraid to fly, shown without any body placement.
Birds in flight with 'Don't be afraid to fly'
Black typewriter-style lettering on the inside of a forearm reads 'i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)' against a dark striped background.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Two people with fine line script tattoos reading To infinity and and beyond on their upper chests, in black ink.
Matching script quote tattoos on the chest
Close photo of the words just breathe; written in black fine line script across the inner wrist and forearm.
Just breathe script on the wrist
Black fine line script lettering on a white background reading keep life simple, drawn as a single continuous stroke design for a tattoo.
Keep life simple script lettering design
Black and grey tattoo of a seated man holding a glass beside a line of text, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Seated man and quote on upper back
Small fine line tattoo of a colourful house lifted by a bunch of balloons, with the words Adventure is out there above it, on the upper back.
Balloon house with 'Adventure is out there' quote
Two black script lettering tattoos, one reading for them I'd risk it all on the top of a foot and one reading because of her I will not fall on the other foot.
Two script quotes on the feet
Black script lettering tattoo reading a quote about dancing and music, placed along the ribs on a bare torso.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and white photo of an infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with the words live the life you love set in script and block lettering.
Infinity symbol with live the life you love lettering
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading 'our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean'.
Quote about a wave and the ocean on the upper arm