Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
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The real Malala is gone somewhere, and I can't find her.
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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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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 hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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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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I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
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In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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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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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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It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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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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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 want to make this world perfect.
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country.
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I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.