Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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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 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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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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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 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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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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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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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 will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
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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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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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It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.
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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'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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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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It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.
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We need to increase education budgets.
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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.
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In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.