Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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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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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... By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities.
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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 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 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 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.
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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 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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It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.
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Education is neither eastern nor western.
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I only get angry at my brothers and at my father.
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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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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You cannot rely on other people's support.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.
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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 am a daughter. My father is an example for me.
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We need to increase education budgets.
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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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Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country.