Quote tattoo ideas

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Woman with a black and grey tattoo sleeve on her left arm featuring dice, a tattoo of ornate swirls across her abdomen and script lettering on her thigh.
Sleeve, torso and thigh tattoos
Abstract portrait of a man in a hat on an upper arm sleeve, shaded in black and grey with green fill, red line, geometric lines and quote lettering.
Portrait of a man in a hat with quote on upper arm
Black script lettering on the inner upper arm reads Sky above me, Earth below me, Fire within me.
Three-line script quote on inner upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue cat in profile inside a black-edged diamond, with the words Expecto Patronum below it, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Blue cat in a diamond with Expecto Patronum lettering
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a green tent among pine trees under a starry sky, with the words Home is where your heart is arched above and below it, in a traditional style.
Tent and pine trees with lettering on an upper arm
Black serif lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading we all have scars and we all have stories, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo reading we all have scars
Black typewriter-style lettering reading 'My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth' on an upper arm, in black and grey.
Quote tattoo on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a dark-haired girl with a mermaid tail, a banner reading I'M NOT PERKY, and a dark creature with a small pink figure below.
Gothic girl mermaid banner on upper arm
Cheshire Cat tattoo with a grinning face, blue and green splashes and quote lettering across the upper arm.
Cheshire Cat and quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a smiling pink jellyfish with bubbles, sparkles and the words I don't think you're ready for this JELLY on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Kawaii jellyfish with quote on upper arm
Black blackletter-style lettering reading SHIT HAPPENS, tattooed on the inner upper arm in black ink.
Shit Happens lettering on an upper arm
Watercolour-style tattoo on the upper arm showing a teal and pink heart inside a pink and teal circle, with a dandelion, two small birds and the script words The struggle is part of the journey.
Heart, dandelion and quote on upper arm
Black geometric triangle armband tattoo on the upper arm and a fine script quote along the ribs of a person seen from behind.
Geometric armband and script quote on ribs
Colour and black script tattoo reading Time will tell it always does with a blue TARDIS and pink smoke on the inner upper arm, in Lettering style.
Time will tell lettering with a TARDIS on upper arm
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
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
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 script lettering reading Love is All or Nothing with a small heart, tattooed along the upper arm.
Script quote with heart on upper arm
Black and grey tattoos of wings across a man's back and shoulder, with script on the shoulder blade and a detailed sleeve on the upper arm, photographed from behind.
Winged back piece and arm sleeve
Close-up of a fine line gold script tattoo reading be happy with a trailing underline on the outer upper arm.
Gold script "be happy" on upper arm
Fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with a soft watercolour wash and a quote above it, on the upper arm.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour wash on upper arm
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
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
Black sans-serif lettering tattoo reading 'Happiness only real when shared' across the upper arm, with a grey sleeve visible at the top of the frame.
Quote tattoo reading 'Happiness only real when shared'
Black typewriter-style lettering on the inner upper arm reads Don't lose yourself in your fear.
Quote in typewriter lettering on upper arm
Four views of a full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a watercolour Union Jack, a punk figure in a long coat, a stencil girl with a heart balloon and a quote in script, in mixed black and grey and colour
Union Jack sleeve with punk and stencil figures
Black and grey comic panel tattoo on an upper arm, with a speech bubble of lettering above two cartoon figures under a starry night sky.
Comic panel quote tattoo on upper arm
Small black hexagon tattoo on the shoulder and fine script reading 'this too shall pass' on the upper arm of a woman lying on sand, her face hidden by a hat.
Hexagon shoulder and quote tattoo on upper arm
Fine black lettering reading la vie est belle on the upper arm of a person wearing a pineapple print top.
La vie est belle lettering on the upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain range, pine trees, moon and stars inside a circle, with a quote around the edge, on the thigh.
Mountain landscape with quote on thigh
Black lettering tattoo on the inner upper arm, with a three-line typewriter-style quote above the words Still I'll rise in script.
Two-line quote and script tattoo on upper arm
Blue script lettering reading "She would certainly be a fearsome thing to behold" on a bare upper arm, beside a leopard print fabric.
Blue script quote on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo reading The fear of suffering is far worse than the suffering itself, running down the upper arm towards the elbow.
Quote tattoo along the upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of three banners reading home is wherever I'm with you, wrapped around orange and teal feathers on an upper arm.
Feather banners with quote on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a pistol above flowing script reading 'Insult my best friend? Run bitch' on the upper arm.
Pistol and script quote on upper arm
Collage of four photos of fine line skyline tattoos on a foot, an upper arm and a forearm, one showing London's Big Ben and London Eye in black and grey.
City skyline tattoos on foot and arms
Traditional style tattoo of a dark hand with a red eye, orange flames, a tower and a banner reading In the Eye of the Beholder, on an upper arm.
Hand and eye with flames on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an owl, compass and rose with the script words Not all who wander are lost, on the upper arm.
Owl, compass and rose on an upper arm
Black script tattoo of the quote Si vis pacem, para bellum on the inner upper arm, with the arm flexed and a hand with red nails pointing at it.
Latin and English quote on upper arm
Upper arm tattoo of a shaded grey feather wrapped in a teal awareness ribbon, with the script words Your battle is my battle sister beneath it.
Feather and teal ribbon with script on upper arm
Black and grey fine line eye inside a triangle with small text around it on the upper arm, and 'be strong girl' lettering on the ribs.
Eye in triangle and 'be strong girl' lettering
Black ink quote tattoo in a gothic-style serif on the inner upper arm, reading I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep.
Poem quote along the inner upper arm
Close photo of a black lettering tattoo on the inner upper arm, reading three lines of italic text in a plain serif typeface.
Three-line quote on an upper arm
Black handwritten French script tattooed along the upper arm of a woman with her arm raised, lying on white bedding.
French script quote on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a pink lotus flower with a yellow centre above black script lettering, on the upper arm, in a realism and lettering style.
Pink lotus with script quote on upper arm
Close photo of a black serif lettering tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes on an upper arm, with an office background.
Text tattoo reading bad circumstances good jokes
Black handwritten lettering on an upper arm reads its is my life with the attribution Jon Bovi beneath it.
Handwritten quote on upper arm
Upper arm tattoo of an ornate spade with teal filigree scrolls and black lettering reading We're all mad here, in a decorative lettering style.
Ornate spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering