Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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The real Malala is gone somewhere, and I can't find her.
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We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
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I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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I believe it's a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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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? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?
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I'm not becoming western; I am still following my Pashtun culture, and I'm wearing a shalvar kamiz, a dupatta on my head.
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I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
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Birmingham is very special for me because it is here that I found myself alive, seven days after I was shot... It is now my second home, after my beloved Pakistan.
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
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At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.
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Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country.
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In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.
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I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.
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On the day when I was shot, and on the next day, people raised the banners of 'I am Malala'. They did not say 'I am Taliban.'
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It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.
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A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story.
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In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.
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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.