Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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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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Some girls cannot go to school because of the child labor and child trafficking.
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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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In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.
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I don't know what would I do in future; I'll decide it later.
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My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'
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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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You cannot rely on other people's support.
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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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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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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 will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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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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Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
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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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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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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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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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Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.
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We need to increase education budgets.
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The world can no longer accept, the world can no longer accept that basic education is enough. Why do leaders accept that for children in developing countries, only basic literacy is sufficient, when their own children do homework in Algebra, Mathematics, Science and Physics?
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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.