Quotes from Janet Erskine Stuart

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.

Are democracy and poetry exclusive of one another and, if so, why?

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

In no order of things is adolescence the time of simple life.

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.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

Our spiritual life is a venture in the dark, between the soul and God, and no spiritual life is worth the name unless it is so.

Effective learning means arriving at new power, and the consciousness of new power is one of the most stimulating things in life.

In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.

Simplicity of life is an essential for greatness of life.

This world is not the sum total of God's resources -- on the contrary, it is only the 'dream,' the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life.

it is in middle age that the interest of a life attains its highest point.

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.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

Every friendship with God and every love between Him and a soul is the only one of its kind.

Love gives a sense of rest.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom

We know in whom we believe, and that, so long as we trust God utterly, all must come right.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities; they will never come.

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

It is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.

What a misfortune it would be, religiously speaking and educationally speaking, if we could only work happily with those who saw things as we do.