Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of orchids with flowing script lettering across the shoulder and upper arm.
Orchids and script on an upper arm
Black script tattoo reading 'to thine own self be true' with a small bird beside it, on the inner wrist, worn with stacked silver bangles.
Script quote with a small bird on the wrist
Black and white photo of two open palms, with the words 'i love you.' tattooed on one wrist and 'i know' on the other in a serif font.
Wrist lettering with two palms turned up
Black block lettering reading I'LL BE BETTER THAN I WAS across a forearm, with dark shaded ink along the upper edge of the arm.
Quote lettering on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest, running up the inside of a forearm.
Black script quote along a forearm
Black block lettering reading Face your fear, accept your war runs down a person's forearm, with military vest and camouflage trousers visible behind.
Face your fear quote on forearm
Close photo of a thin black script tattoo reading 'i am because you were' on a person's upper back below the shoulder blade, in a fine line lettering style.
Fine script phrase across a shoulder blade
Black and grey tattoo of a state outline with a city skyline silhouette and lettering inside it, on the side of the ribs.
State outline with skyline and lettering on ribs
Black lettering tattoo on the outer thigh reading We're all mad here, with the words arranged in the shape of a spade.
We're all mad here lettering in a spade shape
Black cursive lettering tattoo reading soul meets body across the side of a thigh, with a pale waistband at the top edge of the frame.
Soul meets body script on upper thigh
Close-up of a coloured red bow and black script tattoo reading Because I'm a Lady, that's why across the top of a foot, with pink painted toenails visible.
Red bow and script quote on a foot
Fine line black script reading inhale the future exhale the past with a flock of small birds above it, on a person's shoulder and upper chest.
Script quote and birds on a shoulder
Close-up of a neck behind an ear with the words never lose yourself in black script lettering running diagonally across the skin.
Never lose yourself script on the neck
Colour realism portrait of a bald man with the lettering I'D RATHER BE A BLIND MOTH, tattooed on the lower leg.
Realism portrait with quote on calf
Black fine line script reading i carry your heart with a small heart flourish on the outer side of a foot near the ankle.
Script reading I carry your heart on a foot
Two forearms with script quote tattoos, one reading Together forever, never apart and the other maybe in distance but never in heart, with a small pink heart.
Matching quote tattoos on two forearms
Black lettering tattoo of a numbered passage in a serif typeface on the inner forearm of a person whose arm rests on a pink and grey leaf-patterned cloth.
Printed text quote tattoo on a forearm
Black script lettering of a three-line quote with flying bird silhouettes, tattooed across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Bird silhouettes and quote on upper back
Close view of a black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font on an upper arm, with the text cropped at the edge of the frame.
Partly visible lettering tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey shaded world map tattoo on a person's upper chest, with the words it's all worth reaching for written above it.
World map and quote across the chest
Fresh black script lettering with a starfish, dots and a shell on the side of the ribs, covered by clear wrap and tape.
Script quote with starfish and shell on ribs
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading Destroy what destroys you across two lines on the inner wrist, above a grey sleeve cuff.
Two-line quote on the inner wrist
Fine line black script lettering tattoo running around the inner wrist, with another person's hand holding the wearer's hand.
Fine line script tattoo on the wrist
Fine line black script tattoo of a short handwritten phrase running diagonally along a forearm, beside a purple and yellow floral fabric.
Fine line script on a forearm
Tattoo design of a pink cherry blossom branch with black script quote, drawn in a fine line botanical and lettering style.
Cherry blossom branch with script quote
Black lettering tattoo reading "still I rise." in a typewriter-style serif on the inner wrist, shown in a black and white photo against a dark background.
Still I rise lettering on the wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical wand with the words Until the very end, sitting on the upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol and script on upper back
Close view of a black script lettering tattoo across a woman's ribs, with a quote in fine cursive, shown in a warm-toned photograph.
Script quote across the ribs
Black and grey fine line anchor and script lettering tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Anchor and script quote on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo on the ribs reading Be still and know that I am God, with Psalm 46:10 NKJV beneath it.
Scripture quote in script on ribs
Black fine line script reading Party on Wayne with a pair of glasses above it, tattooed on skin at the lower back.
Party on Wayne script with glasses
Black and white photo of two hands held together in a triangle, with the words what goes around comes back around tattooed in capitals across the fingers.
Quote tattooed across fingers
Fine line black tattoo on a forearm showing an arrow inside a dotted loop, script lettering and an ampersand, ending in an arrow pointing to a small circular motif.
Arrow and script loop on a forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading with every mistake we must surely be learning, across the ribs of a person wearing a leopard print top.
Script quote across the ribs
Black and grey realism feather tattoo with swirls, small birds and a script quote across the upper back.
Feather and script quote on upper back
Black serif lettering reading All was well, with asterisks around it, tattooed on the inner wrist.
All was well quote on the wrist
Two people in black and grey bras show matching fine line script tattoos on their ribs, reading To infinity and and beyond.
Matching "To infinity" and "and beyond" script on ribs
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading always on my mind, forever in my heart, on the upper thigh.
Script quote reading always on my mind on a thigh
Black script lettering tattoo of a three-line quote across the upper back, shown from behind with the hair pulled up and a patterned top strap visible.
Script quote across upper back
Black lettering tattoo of a quotation in a serif typeface running diagonally along the inner forearm.
Serif quote along a forearm
Black typewriter-style lettering reading and the rest is rust and stardust runs across a pale forearm.
Quote in typewriter lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script reading 'there is always hope' tattooed across the upper chest near the collarbone.
Script quote 'there is always hope' on chest
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo of a short French phrase running diagonally across a woman's shoulder, with long dark hair falling over the neck.
Script quote on a shoulder
Two lines of black handwritten script reading Dream without fear and Love without Limits on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design with no body placement.
Dream without fear and love without limits lettering
Black script lettering tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Script quote 'this too shall pass' on upper back
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo on an upper arm with two ribbon banners bearing a quotation above a geometric emblem in red, blue and cream.
Ribbon banner quote and emblem on upper arm
Black and grey photo of two forearms held together, one with the word Always in cursive script and the other with After all this time? in serif lettering.
Matching forearm lettering tattoos
Black lettering tattoo on a shoulder blade, with the words 'a dream is a wish your heart makes' arranged in a heart shape in a lettering style.
Heart-shaped quote on the upper back