Calligraphic Words of Wisdom
Kindness

Contemporary

contemporary

Collected quotes curated by The Positive Edge, on different topic areas.

Our curated collections of short quotes from authors on a single subject, as well as some anonymous written or spoken work.

Kindness

Kindness

KINDNESS is the enduring quality in relationships, the feeling and touch we always remember. This year we selected quotes on kindness from 16 great people, including Jack Kerouac, FDR, Roy T. Bennett, Confucius, the 14th Dalai Lama, Kahlil Gibran, Albert Einstein, Princess Diana, Leo Holub (beloved San Francisco photographer), Eric Hoffer (San Francisco philosopher), Plato, and Mark Twain. The design, calligraphy, and original watercolor banner are by California Bay Area artist Ann Balaam Miller.

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Integrity

Integrity

Integrity: The words of nine outstanding people on integrity anchored with a quote from the Bible, Proverbs 10:9.

Quotes by Confucius, Anne Frank, Sir Walter Scott, Marcus Aurelius, Heraclitus, Buckminster Fuller, Albert Einstein, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn and H Jackson Brown. “A man with integrity walks securely - Proverbs 10:9.” Designed and written out by Ann Miller.

11 x 14" - Offset printed on Classic Laid 80# Cover in blue and black inks.

028-INT

16.00

Why Worry?

Why Worry?

A collection of famous authors’ quotes on the value of worry. John Lubbock, Robert Frost, Erma Bombeck, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, The Dalai Lama, Corrie Ten Boom, William Powell, Elbert Hubbard, Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert Fulghum. Calligraphy design by Ann Miller.

Offset printed on Classic Laid Solar White 80# Cover with black and teal inks.

033-WHY

$15.00

Family

Family

A great collection of our curated quotes on family by some of our best writers and thinkers. Fourteen quotes from Thomas Jefferson, George Santayana, Bob Ehrlich, Desmond Tutu, Charles Kuralt, Ashleigh Brilliant, Jane Howard, Harmon Killebrew, Maureen O'Hara, Walt Disney, Herbert Prochnov, Albert Einstein, Gail Lumet Buckley and George Bernard Shaw. For instance: "If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion." - Ashleigh Brilliant

11 x 14" - Offset printed on Classic Laid 80# Solar White Cover in red and warm gray inks.

029-FAM

15.00

Friendship

Friendship

Wisdom and good humor on Friendship from 14 great writers: O. Henry, Elbert Hubbard, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Kahlil Gibran, Aristotle, Abraham Lincoln, Plutarch, Cicero, Robert Brault, Charles Caleb Colton, John Churton Collins, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Dessen, and William Shakespeare. Calligraphy and title font design by Ann Miller.

030-FRI15

16.00

Also available as a 6 x 8” postcard. Call or email us for a quote.

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

Four quotes on the importance of forgiveness: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Corrie Ten Boom and Jeanette Vought.

11" x 14" - offset printed on textured Classic Laid Ivorystone 80# Cover in red, soft gray and black inks.

001-FOR

15.00

Failure

Failure

Failure - A few statements on what failure means and what it doesn’t mean, with the conclusion that a little faith in yourself goes a long way.

020-FAI

15.00

A Vanished Friend

A Vanished Friend

A commentary on the fleeting nature of life and the value of maintaining friendship. Illustrated with the falling of autumn leaves and a sense of words in the wind. Calligraphy by Ann Miller.

11.5 x 15"" - Offset printed on Classic Crest Moonrock 80# Cover in tan and blue inks plus tints

Also available as a 6 x 8” postcard.

021-FRI

15.00

Peace of Mind

Peace of Mind

Five Things Money Can’t Buy

Text quoted is from Bill Kenney, co-founder of The Positive Edge, illustrated with an oak leaf and acorn and calligraphy design by Ann Miller.

11 x 14” - Offset printed on Classic Laid Camel Hair 80# Cover in green, dark brown and burnt sienna inks.

022-FIV

12.00

Fear

Fear

Fear is an emotion we all experience. A dialogue on the two opposing aspects of the experience of fear, written out in formal Italic script and Carolingian bookhand with a bold title and including an eternal knot symbol to conclude the text.

9.75 x 12.75" - Offset printed on Light Grey Felt 80# Cover in rubine red and black inks with grey tint.

023-FEA

12.00

Seize the Day

Seize the Day

Hear the music before it's over. Carpe diem. Tempus fugit. Quote on the precious qualities of life found posted anonymously on the web. Illustrated with an hourglass graphic. Calligraphy by Ann Miller.

11 x 14" - Offset printed on Classic Laid White 80# Cover in deep yellow, several tints of teal, and sepia inks.

024-HEA

15.00