Quote tattoo ideas

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

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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 botanical tattoo on a forearm, shown beside a sketchbook page with floral hand lettering in black ink.
Botanical forearm tattoo beside floral lettering
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading I am the ocean on the inner forearm.
Script quote on an inner forearm
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 and grey tattoo of a stack of books topped with a scroll, with two rolled pages below and the words I have lived a thousand lives above, on the ribs.
Stacked books and quote on ribs
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
Hand-drawn black ink design of an anchor with the words I refuse to sink curving around it in a loop, sketched on textured paper.
Anchor with I refuse to sink lettering
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading love all, trust a few, do wrong to none, in a Lettering style with no body placement shown.
Three-line script quote, love all, trust a few
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm, with a quote running beside a shaded drawing of a figure in a cloak on a rock.
Quote and cloaked figure on a forearm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Don't dream your life live your dream along the inside of a forearm, with a hand resting on white fabric.
Script quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading Hello there, the angel from my nightmare across the lower back, above a pair of blue jeans.
Script quote across the lower back
Black and white photo of a woman with long hair seen from behind, with a fine line script tattoo reading La vita è bella on her upper back near the shoulder.
Script quote on upper back
Dotwork drawing of a lotus flower in black stipple above three lines of italic text, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Stippled lotus flower with quote
Black ink fine line tattoo of an open book with lettering and a cup of coffee on a saucer, placed on the side of the torso above the hip.
Open book with library quote and coffee cup
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'we part only to meet again' across the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Script quote on the wrist
Thin black handwritten script reading you are art. across the inner wrist and forearm, in fine line style.
You are art lettering on a wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading 'Though she be but little, she is fierce' in mixed block capitals and script on the upper arm, in a lettering style.
Quote lettering on upper arm
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo reading Do I dare disturb the universe across the nape of a neck, with hands holding hair above it.
Handwritten quote on the back of the neck
Pencil sketch of a daisy with the cursive words Not all those who wander are lost arching around it, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Daisy with script quote design
Black and grey lettering tattoo on the thigh with an outlined cross and the script words I can do all things, plus Philippians 4:13 beneath.
Cross and lettering tattoo on the thigh
Close photo of a single-colour lettering tattoo reading Go then, there are other worlds than these in a serif typeface across the forearm.
Quote tattoo in serif lettering on forearm
Fine line black script reading not all those who wander are lost, with three small birds above it, across a woman's upper chest near the collarbone.
Birds and script quote across the collarbone
Black lettering tattoo reading NORMAL: PEOPLE SCARE ME across a forearm, set against a blurred green outdoor background.
Quote lettering on a forearm