Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Black fine line script tattoo reading Walk by faith not by sight, running along the outer side of a foot from the heel towards the toes.
Script quote along the side of a foot
Black handwritten lettering reading I'm not perfect and Neither are you across a person's lower back, with dark hair at the top of the frame.
I'm not perfect lettering on lower back
Two people seen from behind, each with a black script quote tattoo on the shoulder blade: on the left "I'll love you forever", on the right "I'll like you for always".
Matching script quotes on two shoulders
Black line drawing of a simple cross above the fine-line lettering I surrender who I've been for who you are, on a plain light grey background.
Cross and lettering quote design
Close crop of a small black lettering tattoo reading i've got the world to go on a woman's upper arm.
Quote lettering on an upper arm
Two wrists side by side with fine line script tattoos on the inside, reading 'to' with an infinity symbol and 'and beyond', with a small red mark near the end.
Matching 'to infinity and beyond' wrist tattoos
Black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am, with a small butterfly and a larger shaded butterfly, on the upper chest and shoulder.
Script quote and butterflies across shoulder
Two wrists in a sepia photo, each with black script lettering reading Love all and Trust few, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Love all and trust few script on wrists
Blue silhouette birds rise from the shoulder blade, with the script lettering Sometimes you've gotta fall before you fly beneath them on a person's upper back.
Flock of birds and script quote on back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'we're all stories in the end' runs along the inside of a forearm.
Quote 'we're all stories in the end' on forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a four-line quote in a blackletter style, running along the side of a person's ribs.
Quote tattoo along the ribs
Collage of nine black ink tattoos in fine line script and small symbols, including a feather behind the ear, a key with the word honesty, an anchor with chains and the word alive on the wrist.
Script and symbol tattoos on wrists and ear
Pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a compass inside a tree wreath, with banners reading 'Not all who wander are lost' and an anchor below, in a botanical line style.
Compass, anchor and tree banner design
Two people seen from behind with matching black script lettering tattooed across their shoulder blades, one reading an anchor quote and the other a wings quote.
Matching script quote tattoos on shoulders
Black lettering tattoo of the phrase 'if you don't live for something you'll die for nothing' in a serif lettering style across the side of the ribs, with a hand holding a plaid shirt.
Quote tattoo across the ribs
Black script tattoo reading faith on a wrist, with a green leather cuff and metal quote plate sitting below it.
Faith script tattoo on the wrist
Lettering tattoo on a thigh with a quote from Alice in Wonderland beside a shaded gold pocket watch, playing card suits and red accents.
Quote, pocket watch and playing card suits on a thigh
Close photograph of a black script tattoo reading Love me for who i am across the upper back, with a shaded pink butterfly on the shoulder.
Script quote and butterfly on shoulder
Two-panel photo showing a black script lettering quote tattoo on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade, with a close-up of the lettering below.
Script quote across the upper back
Black script lettering on a white background reading the darkest night will end and the sun will rise, with the caption Les Misérables in blue capitals below.
Script quote about the darkest night ending
Calvin and Hobbes tattoo on an upper arm, with the boy and tiger lying in grass beside a dark tree and the words I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Black and grey shaded angel wings above the script words Mum and Love you forever, tattooed on the lower back.
Angel wings and Mum script on lower back
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading I refuse to sink with a small anchor, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a lace top and dark jeans.
I refuse to sink script with anchor on forearm
Black lettering tattoo reading "Hodor," said Hodor. in a typewriter-style font across the side of a foot near the ankle.
Quote tattoo in typewriter lettering on a foot
Black fine line script tattoo reading This too shall pass across the upper chest of a person wearing a low-cut dark top.
This too shall pass script on upper chest
Black fine line script tattoo of the words the will to live will always outweigh the ability to die, across the ribs.
Handwritten quote along the ribs
Black lettering tattoo in flowing script reading I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, running along a woman's collarbone toward the shoulder.
Script quote along the collarbone
Four black lettering designs of the phrase You are my sunshine in different script fonts, shown as tattoo flash on a white background.
Four script lettering designs reading You are my sunshine
Colour tattoo of a worn, floppy-eared toy rabbit above black script lettering on the side of an upper arm.
Worn toy rabbit with script quote on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a fine line script tattoo reading dreamer of impossible dreams across the upper back near the shoulder.
Fine line script quote on the upper back
Black script tattoo reading one step at a time with a small outlined heart, on the top of a foot with red painted toenails.
One step at a time script on a foot
Black fine line lettering reading home is wherever I'm with you runs diagonally along the inner forearm of a hand raised against a dim background.
Quote reading home is wherever I'm with you
Fine line black outline city skyline tattoo above a script quote on a person's back.
City skyline and script quote on the back
Two matching fine line script tattoos on the inner wrists reading 'our bond is everlasting', each ending in a small heart, one red and one blue.
Matching 'our bond is everlasting' wrist tattoos
Black typewriter-style lettering reading she believed she could so she did, set in stacked lines along the side of the ribs.
Typewriter quote along the ribs
Black lettering on the inner forearm reads 'and the rest is rust and stardust' in a typewriter-style font, with a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with feathers, clouds and script lettering across the forearm, in a fine line and shaded style.
Compass rose with feathers and clouds on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Love is All or Nothing with a small heart, tattooed along the upper arm.
Script quote with heart on upper arm
Hand-drawn black pen sketches of infinity symbols with fine-line lettering such as love, faith, peace, hope and young, plus a heart with an infinity knot, on paper.
Infinity symbol lettering sketches
Black fine line script reading alis volat propriis, ending in a detailed feather, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Alis volat propriis script with feather
Black lettering tattoos reading 'Too weird to live' and 'Too rare to die', with small bat outlines, on the backs of two thighs above denim cut-off shorts.
Quote lettering across both thighs
Colour lettering tattoo reading 'the ones that love us never really leave us' with roses and peonies on a thigh.
Floral quote lettering on a thigh
Two bare feet with matching black script lettering tattoos above the ankles, each with a small anchor, on a wooden bench and gravel.
Matching anchor and quote tattoos on ankles
Black and grey script tattoo reading one step at a time with a small looped flourish, across the side of a foot.
One step at a time script on a foot
Close photo of two fingers with black gothic-style lettering tattooed along them, reading peace will win and fear will lose.
Peace will win and fear will lose on fingers
Black and grey tattoo on an upper back showing a shaded feather, a flock of birds and the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not.
Feather, birds and quote on upper back
Black ink fine line tattoo of Winnie the Pooh holding a balloon beside a handwritten quote about being different, shown on skin.
Winnie the Pooh with balloon and quote
Infinity symbol tattoo with script lettering and a small red heart, shown in two photos, one reading there's no better friend than a sister and the other reading there's no better sister than you.
Infinity symbol with sister quote