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title: "7 Pencil Quotes By Mother Teresa"
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> [I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-don-t-claim-anything-of-the-work-it-is-his-work-i-am-like-a-little/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [I am nothing; I am but an instrument, a tiny pencil in the hands of the Lord with which He writes what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-am-nothing-i-am-but-an-instrument-a-tiny-pencil-in-the-hands-of-the/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-m-a-little-pencil-in-the-hand-of-a-writing-god-who-is-sending-a/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [I am a little pencil in God's hands. He does the thinking. He does the writing. He does everything and sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-am-a-little-pencil-in-god-s-hands-he-does-the-thinking-he-does-the/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [We are all pencils in the hand of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-are-all-pencils-in-the-hand-of-god/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [I am only a little pencil in the hand of our Lord. He may cut or sharpen the pencil. He may write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-am-only-a-little-pencil-in-the-hand-of-our-lord-he-may-cut-or/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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> [“I am only a pencil in the hand of God, but it is He who writes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-am-only-a-pencil-in-the-hand-of-god-but-it-is-he-who-writes/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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## Other authors on Pencil

## More by Mother Teresa

> [Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/love-is-a-fruit-in-season-at-all-times-and-within-the-reach-of-every/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [All works of love are works of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/all-works-of-love-are-works-of-peace/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and learn to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/keep-the-corners-of-your-mouth-turned-up-speak-in-a-low-persuasive/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Holy living consists in doing God's work with a smile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/holy-living-consists-in-doing-god-s-work-with-a-smile/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [I don't look at anything. Every person whether he is Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist, he is my brother, my sister. I think we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/i-don-t-look-at-anything-every-person-whether-he-is-hindu-muslim-or/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [We may not be able to give much but we can always give the joy that springs in a heart that is in LOVE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-may-not-be-able-to-give-much-but-we-can-always-give-the-joy-that/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/maybe-if-i-didn-t-pick-up-that-one-person-i-wouldn-t-have-picked-up/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and aloneness with God, together as a community as well as personally;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-too-are-called-to-withdraw-at-certain-intervals-into-deeper/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/people-are-unrealistic-illogical-and-self-centered-love-them-anyway/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Recovering in a Calcutta, India hospital. I think I'm more difficult than critical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/recovering-in-a-calcutta-india-hospital-i-think-i-m-more-difficult/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [So many signatures for such a small heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/so-many-signatures-for-such-a-small-heart/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/they-should-give-until-it-hurts-maybe-a-very-small-thing-maybe-just-a/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/it-is-by-forgiving-that-one-is-forgiven/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/the-more-we-empty-ourselves-the-more-room-we-give-god-to-fill-us/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

> [Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/joy-is-prayer-joy-is-strength-joy-is-love-joy-is-a-net-of-love-by/)

[Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/)

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