Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black script lettering reading 'He walks with me' with flourishes and a small fish outline, on the side of a foot.
Script quote 'He walks with me' on a foot
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a bird on a branch, with a ribbon banner spiralling down the forearm bearing a quote.
Bird and quote banner on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo on a forearm reading got a dream, got a spark, got somewhere to be.
Small lettering quote on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo running down the spine of a woman seated at a bar, photographed from behind.
Script quote running down the spine
Black and white photo of a forearm with the words THIS MEANS NOTHING in simple hand-drawn block lettering across the inner arm.
Forearm lettering reading This means nothing
Grey anchor design with the script words 'My family is my anchor' set over it, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Anchor with 'My family is my anchor' script
Side of a torso showing a lettering tattoo of the words Art Is The Weapon, Imagination Is The Ammunition in black type over colourful watercolour splashes on the ribs.
Watercolour splash and quote on the side ribs
Black ink lettering reading LOVE WHAT YOU DO in stacked, overlapping serif capitals on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a plain white background.
Stacked serif phrase on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading today you are you, that is truer than true, in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading find what you love and let it kill you, tattooed across the inner forearm.
Typewriter quote tattoo on a forearm
Two forearms with matching fine line black script tattoos reading I love you mama and I love you more, each with two bird silhouettes in flight.
Matching script and bird tattoos on forearms
Black script lettering design on a white background reading imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, drawn in flowing calligraphic strokes.
Script quote: imperfection is beauty, madness is genius
Black script lettering along the ribs reads in part "you'll die for nothing", partly covered by a red lace top, with a small red rose tattoo on the arm at the left edge.
Script quote along the ribs
Two matching black script quote tattoos on the inner wrists, reading 'I am not afraid to keep on living' and 'I am not afraid to walk this world alone'.
Matching quote tattoos on inner wrists
Black script lettering reading Let go, or be dragged across the inner wrist, in a lettering style on the forearm.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black lettering design reading Take me anywhere in script and capitals, with two arrows below, drawn on a plain white background as a flash design.
Take me anywhere lettering with two arrows
Black ink sketch of a mountain range above the script words "the mountains are calling", shown as a flash design on a white background with no body placement visible.
Mountain sketch with script quote
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with script lettering reading I'm only yours and a name, on the side of the torso above the hip.
Feather and script tattoo on the side of the torso
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' along the collarbone near the shoulder.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on collarbone
Two people hold wrists showing matching red and grey Celtic heart knot tattoos on the inner forearm, with the script words Two Hearts and That beat as one.
Matching heart knot wrist tattoos with script
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo on the inner wrist reading 'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.'
Quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a vintage rangefinder camera with the words the way I see the world in script beside it, on a forearm.
Vintage camera with quote on forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading On the road again across the top of a foot, close to the ankle.
Typewriter lettering on the foot
Black fine line tattoo on the inner upper arm showing an infinity symbol with leaves, flowers and the script words I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity.
Infinity symbol with script quote on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a cartoon cat with a red bow beside cursive lettering on the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Cartoon cat with red bow and script quote on forearm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Courage, dear heart across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Courage, dear heart script on upper back
Black hand-lettered text reading WHATEVER YOU DO in three lines on the inner upper arm, against a pink background.
Whatever you do lettering on an upper arm
Black script lettering, three black bird silhouettes and a shaded purple and blue feather tattooed across the top of a foot, in a realism and lettering style.
Feather, birds and script quote on a foot
Black script tattoo reading 'she believed she could so she did' in three lines across the ribs, partly visible above a white vest top.
Handwritten quote on the ribs
Black script lettering reading strength lies in nights of peaceful slumber over an orange and pink watercolour splash on a forearm.
Script quote with watercolour splash on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading everything is alright forever in a serif typeface across the ribs, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Black handwritten lettering design reading filled it up with novocaine and now I'm just numb, set between two horizontal rules on a white background, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Handwritten lettering quote on white
Black script lettering reading Never a victim, forever a fighter across the lower back above the waistband of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Fine line black script reading "this too shall pass" across the outer forearm, shown on light skin against a blurred background.
"This too shall pass" script on a forearm
Two forearms show fine black script lettering: upper arm reads You are my sunshine and the lower forearm reads My only sunshine, both on the forearm.
Script quote tattoos on two forearms
Black sans-serif lettering on a thigh reading 'We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken' across four lines.
Quote tattoo on the thigh
Black and grey lettering reading "i feel infinite" in a typewriter-style font across the inner wrist and forearm.
"i feel infinite" lettering on a wrist
Black and grey photograph of two wrists, each with a lettering tattoo: Life's too SHORT to worry on the left and Life's too LONG to wait on the right.
Matching quote tattoos on two wrists
Two black script tattoos on the wrists, reading 'Everyday for the' on the left wrist and '...rest of our lives' on the right.
Script wrist tattoos with 'Everyday for the...' phrase
Fine black cursive script reading one day at a time tattooed across the inner wrist, with light blue painted nails visible at the top of the frame.
Script quote tattoo on an inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering on an inner forearm reads Every song ends, but is that any reason not to enjoy the music, with a small red heart at the end.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Fine-line French script tattoo running along the upper arm of a person lying on a bed, with a blue-grey feather tattoo near the elbow.
French script and feather tattoos on an arm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading All of time and space across the shoulder and upper arm, shown in a lettering style.
All of time and space lettering on a shoulder
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with flying birds and Beautiful Disaster script lettering on the side of the ribs.
Feather and birds with lettering on ribs
Close photo of a black script lettering tattoo quote running along a forearm, with two people embracing in the background.
Script quote on a forearm
Black fine line script reading I carry your heart across the upper back near the shoulder, shown on a woman in a dark off-shoulder top against a white background.
Fine line script quote across the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a striped crescent grin above the script words We're All Mad Here.
We're All Mad Here grin and script on a wrist
Small black serif lettering reading No matter who you are, always be the good one, with a small red heart below it, on a forearm.
Quote and red heart on a forearm