Quotes by Malala Yousafzai

About Malala Yousafzai:

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Yousafzai's advocacy has since grown into an international movement.
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I'm often in the company of adults, so it's nice to meet girls my age or younger.

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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

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I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid, you can't move forward.

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His sisters -- my aunts -- did not go to school at all, just like millions of girls in my country. Education had been a great gift for him. He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians t...

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He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan’s problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

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To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish. I am Malala. My world has changed but I have not.

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Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.

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Let us pick up our books and our pens,” I said. “They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.

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Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.

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Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons." Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education and survived, in her keynote speech to the United Nations, 12th July 2013.

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We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colours and beauty, two feet which wa...

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We Pashtuns love shoes but don't love the cobbler; we love our scarves and blankets but do not respect the weaver. Manual workers made a great contribution to our society but received no recognition, and this is the reason so many of them joined the ...

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Though we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us. Going to school, reading and doing our homework wasn't just a way of passing time, it was our future.

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The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.

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Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.

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Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.

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Some girls cannot go to school because of the child labor and child trafficking.

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I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my whole country.

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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

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Author Bio

  • NameMalala Yousafzai
  • DescriptionPakistani children's education activist
  • AliasesGul Makai
  • BornJuly 12, 1997
  • CountryPakistan
  • ProfessionBlogger; Human Rights Activist; Memoirist
  • AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Sakharov Prize; Simone De Beauvoir Prize; Honorary Canadian Citizenship; National Malala Peace Prize; Anna Politkovskaya Award; United Nations Prize In The Field Of Human Rights; European Human Rights Prize; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom From Fear; Philadelphia Liberty Medal; International Children's Peace Prize