Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'
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Some girls cannot go to school because of the child labor and child trafficking.
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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.
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I say I am stronger than fear.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights; rather, I am focusing on women to be independent to fight for themselves.
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Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
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You cannot rely on other people's support.
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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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I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.
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In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
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We must tell girls their voices are important.
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I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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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.
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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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It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.
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Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.
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Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.'
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We need to increase education budgets.
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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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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.
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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.