Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a black fine line script tattoo reading Take me far on the side of a ribcage, with a black top and a wristwatch visible.
Take me far script on the ribs
Black and grey script tattoo reading music is what feelings sound like, framed by swirling flourishes, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote with swirls on upper back
Red handwritten lettering reading I must not tell lies on the back of a hand, in a lettering style with a small spiked mark before the text.
Handwritten quote on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a face and a crescent moon on a woman's upper back, with the script words live your life above the right shoulder blade.
Sun and moon with script on upper back
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading Imperfection is beauty across a forearm.
Imperfection is beauty script on a forearm
Coloured pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails and a lettering design reading 'be kind to yourself' with a small heart on the wrist, in a lettering style.
Fist with 'be kind to yourself' wrist design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a car emerging from smoke with a script line beside it, on the side of the ribs.
Car in smoke with script on ribs
Black and grey photo of a woman's bare back with a small swallow tattoo near the neck and fine script across the lower back.
Swallow and script on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids and lilies with cursive script wrapping from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Orchids and script quote on upper arm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I'm a mess, I confess across the top of a shoulder.
Handwritten quote on the shoulder
Black lettering tattoo reading I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved, across the upper back of a person lying face down on a bed.
Two-line quote tattoo across upper back
Two traditional style colour tattoos on the forearms, an umbrella with teal raindrops on the left and an anatomical heart with a yellow flower on the right, each with curved lettering.
Umbrella and anatomical heart on forearms
Close-up of the words love yourself in black fine line script tattooed across a wrist, shown on a forearm.
Love yourself script on the wrist
Two matching black tattoos on a pair of forearms, each showing an Assassin's Creed style emblem with the lettering Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
Matching Assassin's Creed quote tattoos on forearms
Black fine line script tattoo reading Bind my wandering heart to Thee running along the inner forearm.
Script quote along a forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions, with a stitch line running down through the words, on skin at the side of the body.
Stitched quote along the side of the body
Black fine line script lettering reading Stay Strong across the inner forearm of a person wearing a knitted jumper cuff, in a black and white photo.
Fine line script lettering on inner forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree above the handwritten words I climbed the tree to see the world, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Tree and handwritten quote on the inner wrist
Fine line black script tattoo reading enjoy the little things across the inner forearm, with a hand pointing at it.
Enjoy the little things script on a forearm
Fine-line black script tattoo of a partly visible phrase reading through the, running across a person's upper thigh.
Script quote on the thigh
Black and white lettering design in the shape of a rabbit standing upright, with the words I must become the lion hearted girl set in hand-drawn script.
Rabbit silhouette filled with lettering
Black lettering tattoo reading "You'll never walk alone" running along a shoulder, in a lettering style.
Lyric lettering along the shoulder
Black silhouette of an adult lifting a child overhead with a script quote beneath, tattooed on the upper arm in black ink.
Silhouette of a figure lifting a child with script quote
Handwritten script design reading Believe in yourself a little more with a small heart beneath, drawn in black ink on a cream background, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Believe in yourself a little more script
Black script lettering tattoo of a quote running across the ribs and side of a person's back, photographed from behind.
Script quote tattoo along the ribs
Black and grey ship wheel tattoo with script on a shoulder, and an anchor tattoo with script on a forearm, both shown in a close embrace.
Ship wheel and anchor matching tattoos
Black and grey photograph of the inner forearm with the lettering tattoo It's history. It's poetry. set in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with a grey centre and the words 'there's no place like home' in script above it, on an arm.
Sunflower with a 'no place like home' quote
Black script lettering reading Find your freedom in the music across the top of a foot, in a fine line lettering style.
Script quote reading Find your freedom in the music
Black and white photo of a handwritten black script tattoo reading 'I myself am made entirely of flaws stitched together with good intentions' across the lower back, under a white garment.
Handwritten quote tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey photo of a solid cross and script lettering reading Let your faith is bigger than your fears, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cross and script quote on upper back
Black and grey lettering tattoo in cursive script reading Don't forget to love yourself, running along a forearm in a black and white photograph.
Script quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a black semicolon with blue and pink trailing wisps above the words This too shall pass in black script on a forearm.
Semicolon and script quote on forearm
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading "we're all mad here" in a typewriter-style font across the back of a person's neck, with dark hair falling beside it.
Quote tattoo across the back of the neck
Black and grey script tattoo across a person's upper back, reading The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.
Quote tattoo across upper back
Two side-by-side black and grey realism skull tattoos on a torso, one wearing a hat with a banner reading Til my last day, the other with a veil, rose and a banner reading Til my last breath.
Two black and grey skulls with banner scrolls
Drawn tattoo design of a shaded rose beside ornate script reading love me, with a line of serif text reading That's all I ask of you, on a white background.
Love me script with shaded rose design
Two bare feet with matching black fine line dandelion tattoos and script lettering across the top of each foot.
Matching dandelion and script tattoos on two feet
Black and grey photograph of an infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with the words live the life you love in mixed lettering styles.
Live the life you love infinity wrist tattoo
Fine line black and grey drawing of a compass rose with an arrow running through it, feathered fletching and ribbon at the base, and the words Time flies like an arrow beneath.
Compass and arrow design with quote
Two people show matching black script lettering on their ribs reading Together forever, never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two people's ribs
Black and grey brush script reading Be Authentic on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Be Authentic brush lettering design
Black script tattoo reading Love Never Fails beside an ornamental interlocking knot motif on a shoulder.
Love Never Fails script with ornamental knot
Black script lettering tattoo reading taking my journey one step at a time, running across the top of a foot.
Quote in script across the top of a foot
Black line drawing of an arrow with feather fletching and the words be brave in cursive script, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement visible.
Be brave arrow design
Fine line black script tattoo reading everything happens for a reason across a forearm, with a cross bracelet and gold watch nearby.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black handwritten script lettering design reading it is okay to not be okay, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Script quote: it is okay to not be okay
Black fine line script tattoo of a Galileo quote across the upper back, with the attribution written beneath the text.
Galileo quote in script across upper back