Quote tattoo ideas

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

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Dark script tattoo reading Saved by grace running across the upper back of a person with long dark hair.
Saved by grace script on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's face inside a solid black circle, with the words STRANGE and I MYSELF AM and AND UNUSUAL, on the outer thigh of a person wearing denim shorts.
Strange and unusual portrait on a thigh
Black and grey photograph of a handwritten script quote tattooed on the inner wrist, reading sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.
Mark Twain quote on the inner wrist
Fine black script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind it.
Book quote script on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a teapot with red flowers and green leaves, with a banner reading Ain't no party like my nana's teaparty, shown across three panels on skin.
Teapot and flowers with banner quote
Lettering tattoo on the outer side of a foot, with a bunch of coloured balloons above the words Adventure is out there in black script.
Balloon bunch and quote on a foot
Black script lettering reading Numquam timebunt umbrae along the upper arm of a person with their arm raised, shown from behind.
Latin script quote on upper arm
Black fine line script reading live your dream on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Live your dream script lettering
Black fine lettering reading "i am because you were" in a clean sans-serif font across the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Lowercase quote tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, a quote in typewriter-style text reading Even the moon, master of the sea, illuminator of the night, has her craters.
Moon quote lettering on upper back
Black fine line script reading Everyday for the rest of our lives, split across two wrists and forearms held together.
Matching script quote on two wrists
Black serif lettering tattooed on the inner forearm reads: We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Blue and purple dandelion with drifting seeds and a black typewriter-style quote, tattooed on a forearm.
Dandelion seeds and quote on a forearm
Black script lettering reading a quote across the side of a person's ribs, with a red top at the top of the frame, in a lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on ribs
Four photos of fine black script lettering tattoos: a quote on the hip, two quotes on the forearms and one on the thigh.
Script quote tattoos on hip, forearms and thigh
Black script reading 'You Can't Take the Sky From Me' above a grey shaded spacecraft tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Script quote and spacecraft on a wrist
Black script lettering quote and a colour sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a bare thigh.
Text quote and sugar skull on a thigh
Black script lettering on a white background reading "Put God first and you'll never be last." in flowing, brushed strokes.
Script lettering quote: Put God first
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue TARDIS police box with a quote printed on its side, surrounded by black Gallifreyan circle glyphs.
TARDIS and Gallifreyan circles on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a campfire, tent, pine trees and mountains under a moon, with the words WE COULD BE ANYWHERE arched above.
Campfire and tent camping scene on forearm
Black lettering in a typewriter-style font reads wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure, running across the top and side of a foot.
Quote tattoo across the top of a foot
Black fine line script tattoo of the words God is within her, she will not fall, Psalm 46:5, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Psalm 46:5 script across upper back
Black and grey script lettering tattoo on the chest, reading Dad followed by a four-line quote about remembering and missing someone.
Dad quote in script lettering on chest
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded paper airplane with motion lines and the words a perfect paper airplane, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Paper airplane and quote on a wrist
Black fine line script tattoo reading you will walk with me always, running along the top outer side of a bare foot on a woven straw mat.
Script quote along the side of a foot
Black ink tattoo of an anchor entwined with an infinity symbol and the script words I refuse to sink, on the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Anchor, infinity symbol and script on wrist
A raised bare foot against a blue sky shows a fine black script lettering tattoo running along the outer side of the foot near the ankle.
Script line along the side of a foot
Black fine line script reading Only if I want to with a small paper aeroplane, on the outer forearm against a wooden shingle wall.
Script quote and paper aeroplane on a forearm
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "it's a beautiful day to save lives" in a plain sans-serif font.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on the ribs reading 'And though she be but little, she is fierce', set in serif type with an italic word.
Quote tattoo on the ribs
Two matching black and grey shoulder tattoos of three birds on a branch, with script reading Where you go, I'll go and Where you stay, I'll stay.
Matching bird and script shoulder tattoos
Blue ink drawing of a traditional sailing ship in heavy waves, with a curling banner on the left reading LOVE IS LIKE A TIDE BRINGING YOU HOME, intended as a tattoo design.
Sailing ship and banner design
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Life's too short in black ink on the upper chest, beside a black bra strap.
Life's too short script on the chest
Black script lettering reading One day at a time, tattooed along the side of a person's ribs.
One day at a time script on the ribs
Black ink anchor entwined with an infinity symbol and a small heart, above the script words Love anchors the soul, tattooed on the upper back.
Anchor and infinity with script on upper back
Black linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing an arched gateway flanked by trees, a star and crown motif, and a four-line verse beneath, placed on the back.
Arched gateway and verse on upper back
Black script lettering reading Death will get us Alive across the inner forearm, shown in a black and grey tattoo.
Script quote on a forearm
Black and grey fine line script reading Love me for who I am, tattooed along the top of a shoulder near the collarbone.
Script quote along the shoulder
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading 'The sky is not the limit. Your imagination is.' in a typewriter-style font.
Typewriter quote on forearm
Small black serif lettering reading 'be here now.' on the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a grey knit sleeve.
Be here now lettering on the inner wrist
Black typewriter-style lettering reading "i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)" across a forearm against a dark background.
Typewriter-style quote on a forearm
Close-up of a script lettering tattoo on skin reading In all this chaos we found safety, framed by red and grey heartbeat lines.
Script quote with red heartbeat lines
Black script lettering reading Never let your fear decide your fate, tattooed on the inner forearm in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo of a three-line quote about winning and refusing to lose, set across the side of a thigh in a serif typeface.
Quote tattoo on the side of a thigh
Colour traditional style tattoo of an older woman with round glasses and grey curled hair holding a round fruit object, above a banner reading IT WAS A RUN BY FRUITING.
Older woman portrait with banner quote
Handwritten fine-line script reading friendship: one mind, two bodies, written diagonally on cream paper as a lettering design with no body placement shown.
Friendship quote in handwritten script
Black script lettering reading I will make better mistakes tomorrow, in a fine line style, across the outer forearm of a person in a red plaid shirt.
Script quote tattoo on a forearm
Black handwritten script tattoo reading "You are what you love, not who loves you" across the upper chest, with a silver chain and grey top in view.
Handwritten quote across upper chest