Janet Erskine Stuart
Janet Erskine Stuart
Janet Erskine Stuart, also known as Mother Janet Stuart,was a Roman Catholic nun and educator...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Janet Erskine Stuart quotes about
god love-is soul
Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind.
giving
Love gives a sense of rest.
motivational firsts sticks
The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.
dream memories egypt
Egypt is full of dreams, mysteries, memories.
time teaching learning
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.
children eye air
Children with heaven in their eyes and an air of mystery about them, meditative and quiet, friends of God, friends of all, loved and loving and asking very little from the outer world, because they have more than enough within. They are classed as the dreamers, but they are really seers. They do not ask much and they do not need much beyond a reverent guardianship and to be let alone and allowed to grow; they will find this way for they are 'taught of God.
rain two vines
isn't it wonderful that two of the most sacred and symbolic plants, the olive and the vine, live on almost nothing, a terrace of limestone, sun and rain ...
who-we-are educate
It is not so much what we say or do that educates; what really educates is who we are.
mushrooms tree grows
You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom
positive aim
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.
spiritual accepted spiritual-gifts
All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.
holiday giving wish
I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.
great-work
It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.
people enthusiasm way
The way to do much in a short time is to love much. People will do great things if they are stirred with enthusiasm and love.