The Book “The Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living” is a collection of 365 motivational thoughts of her on various topics like prayer, abortion, serving the poor, families, God, holiness, and many more. Read here some of them from the book “The Joy In Loving”.

The Joy In Loving Quotes by Mother Teresa

“Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what people need, things that would save them from dying. Frustrated? No, never.” – Mother Teresa

“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.” – Mother Teresa

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” – Mother Teresa

“Every work of love done with a full heart brings people closer to God.” – Mother Teresa

“For the knowledge of God give love, and knowledge of self gives humility.” – Mother Teresa

“God doesn’t ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.” – Mother Teresa

“God gives us things to share, God doesn’t give us things to hold..” – Mother Teresa

“God is the friend of silence.” – Mother Teresa

“God loves a cheerful giver. He gives most who gives with joy. The best way to show your gratitude to God and people is to accept everything with joy.” – Mother Teresa

“Holiness is the acceptance of the will of God.” – Mother Teresa

“I am a little pencil in God’s hand. He does the thinking. He does the writing, and sometimes it is really hard because it is a broken pencil and He has to sharpen it a little more.” – Mother Teresa

“I hope that what you give me comes not from your surplus but it is the fruit of a sacrifice made for the love of God. You must give what costs you, go without something you like, then you will truly be brothers to the poor who are deprived of even the things they need.” – Mother Teresa

“If God does not grant the means, that shows He does not want you to do that particular work. If He wants it done, He will give you the means. Therefore do not worry.” – Mother Teresa

“If you are humble, nothing will touch you.” – Mother Teresa

“If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray the easier it becomes.” – Mother Teresa

“It is not how much you do, but how much love you put into action.” – Mother Teresa

“It is the same action whether you are singing and dancing and we are rubbing and scrubbing. You are filling the world with the love God has given you.” – Mother Teresa

“It is very important for us to realize that love, to be true, has to hurt. I must be willing to give whatever it takes not to harm other people and, in fact, to do good to them. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.” – Mother Teresa

“Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.” – Mother Teresa

“Joy is infectious.” – Mother Teresa

“Keep on filling the lamp with all these little drops of love.” – Mother Teresa

“Keep the joy of loving God in your heart and share this joy with all you meet especially your family. Be holy — let us pray.” – Mother Teresa

“Nakedness is the loss of human dignity, the loss, of the beautiful virtue of purity which is so misused nowadays.” – Mother Teresa

“Never be so busy as not to think of others.” – Mother Teresa

“One should center his mind and heart, his life and activity on God, and see him in every human sufferer.” – Mother Teresa

“Prayer comes first because it brings us the grace of Go to love and do acts of love.” – Mother Teresa

“The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him or her. It is not chance; it has been planned by God. We are bound by conscience to help him or her.” – Mother Teresa

“Thoughtfulness is the beginning of sanctity.” – Mother Teresa

“To listen, when nobody else wants to listen, is a very beautiful thing.” – Mother Teresa

“Today somebody is suffering, today somebody is in the street, today somebody is hungry. We have only today to make Jesus known, loved, served, fed, clothed, sheltered. Do not wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow we will not have them if we do not feed them today.” – Mother Teresa

“Use your tongue for the good of others.” – Mother Teresa

“Violence is caused by our attitude when we categorize people so and so. If we smile when we meet each other, it would help more than anything.” – Mother Teresa

“We can only love one person at a time—serve one person at a time.” – Mother Teresa

“We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.” – Mother Teresa

“We have to give until it hurts.” – Mother Teresa

“We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully. Do not let a chance pass you by. It is so easy to be proud, harsh, moody, and selfish, but we have been created for greater things. Why stoop down to things that will spoil the beauty of our hearts?” – Mother Teresa

“We must be happy that our faults are known as they are.” – Mother Teresa

“What we need in our love is the continuity to love the One we love.” – Mother Teresa