Janet Erskine Stuart (1857–1914,) also known as Mother Janet Stuart, was a Roman Catholic nun and educator. Her father, The Rev the Hon Andrew Godfrey Stuart, a son of Earl Castle Stewart, was the Rector of Cottesmore and she was the youngest of his thirteenth children. Her mother, his second wife, was Mary Penelope Noel, a relative of the Earl of Gainsborough.
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Take yourself as you are, whole, and do not try to live by one part alone and starve the other.
—Janet Erskine Stuart
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
—Janet Erskine Stuart
Topics: Being Ourselves
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