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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To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
—Janet Erskine Stuart
Topics: Being Ourselves
Take yourself as you are, whole, and do not try to live by one part alone and starve the other.
—Janet Erskine Stuart
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