I don’t know how I got into tattoos but ever since I was young (15 or so) I’ve wanted to get a tattoo. On my senior trip in high school I finally had a design and ended up getting it done.

I was born in the year of the tiger so I ended up getting the face of a tiger with some design around it and two Chinese characters that describe what the tiger represents in our culture (strength and courage) This is from the middle of my lower neck to about 1/4 down my back.

A year or so after that I ended up getting two more Chinese characters on the side of my ribs. One meaning dedication/determination and the other meaning true/genuine.

I am now having another craving for some more ink but I do not know what I want/where to have it. I was thinking of either adding to my sides more, adding to my back, or doing something somewhere else such as down my shoulder blades.

All my tattoos have meaning to me and my life. I already have a design for my next tattoo (my dads actual dog tags on me) but I am not getting that until it’s that certain time in my life which hopefully won’t be anytime soon.

I want to get the quote “For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.” but I don’t want to just have writing on me.

SERIOUS ideas are welcomed.

Here are pictures of my current tattoos and possibly ideas with the quote. I don’t know, to me it seems out of place.