Malala Yousafzai Quotes

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

For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.

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.

They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.

I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.

Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.

I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.

When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds.

Education is the only solution. Education first.

Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.

Education is the power terrorists fear most.

I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

They will not stop me, I will get my education, if it is in home, school or any place

I believe in the power of the voice of women.

Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?

Let us become the first generation to decide to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods and wasted potential

The best way to fight terrorism is to do it through a peaceful way. I believe that a war can never be ended by a war.

Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.

My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives...

My mother always told me,”hide your face- people are looking at you”. I would reply,”It does not matter; I am also looking at them.

I don't want to be thought of as the 'girl who was shot by the Taliban' but the 'girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.

I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.

I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.

If a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color or religion.

In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.

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

I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move.

I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.

I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I'm afraid of no one.

I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up.

Malala Day is not my day. It is the day of every girl and every boy. It is a day when we come together to raise our voices, so that those without a voice can be heard.

I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him.

And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.

A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.

My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.

When I look at my goal, my goal is peace.

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems, it's just one and it's education. You educate all the girls and boys. You give them the opportunity to learn.

I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.

We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions.

If people volunteered in the same way to construct schools or roads or even clear the river of plastic wrappers, by God, Pakistan would become a paradise within a year.

If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.