Malala Yousafzai

Quotes

• “[T]hrough my story I want to tell other children all around the world that they should stand up for their rights. They s...”
• “I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of t...”
• “Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists and millions have been injured. I am just one of them. So here I ...”
• “This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened childre...”
• “We must speak up for the children of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan who are suffering from terrorism, poverty, child la...”
• “Who is a revolutionary woman? A revolutionary woman wants change, not mere cosmetic change but change to the status quo,...”
• “It does not matter what's the color of your skin, what language do you speak, what religion you believe in. It is that w...”
• “I think....living in such a hard situation when there are terrorists and they slaughter people every night is still hard...”
• “The world can no longer accept, the world can no longer accept that basic education is enough. Why do leaders accept tha...”
• “On my way from school to home I heard a man saying "I will kill you." I hastened my pace and after a while I looked back...”
• “Why is it that countries which we call strong" are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why i...”
• “So let us wage a glorious struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism, let us pick up our books and our pens, the...”
• “No child should have to die for going to school, Nowhere should teachers fear to teach or children fear to learn. Togeth...”
• “First of all, my father inspired me...he is a great social activist and women's rights activist...he spoke out. And he s...”
• “A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she's not only a mother, she's not only a sister, she's not only a w...”
• “I don't know where to begin my speech. I don't know what people would be expecting me to say, but first of all thank you...”
• “Sometimes people like to ask me why should girls go to school, why is it important for them. But I think the more import...”
• “In: Brian Jones, "16-Year-Old Malala Yousafzai Leaves Jon Stewart Speechless With Comment About Pacifism," Business Insi...”
• “Malala in Interview with a Pakistani Television network, 2011-12; Cited in: The girl who wanted to go to school." The Ne...”
• “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 t...”
• “Birmingham is very special for me because it is here that I found myself alive, seven days after I was shot... It is now...”
• “The thing is that the people of Pakistan have supported me. They don't think of me as Western. I am a daughter of Pakist...”
• “It is my dream that one day, great buildings like this one will exist in every corner of the world so every child can gr...”
• “Barack Obama, "Statement by the President on Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize" ...”
• “In a situation where a lifelong school break was being imposed upon us by the terrorists, rising up against that became ...”
• “Dear sisters and brothers, we realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voi...”
• “Ban Ki-moon, "Statement on the Awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi" in un.or...”
• “Malala. "I am afraid", Saturday 3 January 2009; Cited in: Malala Yousafzai: Portrait of the girl blogger, bbc.co.uk, 10 ...”
• “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 Tali...”
• “Malala. "I am afraid", Saturday 3 January 2009; Cited in: Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl at news.bbc.co.uk. 19 January ...”
• “The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change liv...”
• “They think that God is a tiny, little conservative being who would point guns at people's heads just for going to school...”
• “Dolores Huerta "Reflections on Revolutionary Women" in Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico by Kathy Sosa (2020)”
• “My father says that education is neither Eastern or Western. Education is education: it's the right of everyone.”
• “Nobel Committee, "Official announcement of The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014," at nobelprize.org, 10 October 2014.”
• “They support me and they are encouraging me to move forward and to continue my campaign for girls' education.”
• “There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.”
• “Ban Ki-moon, as quoted in Malala celebrates 16th birthday with UN adress, Big Story (12 July 2013)”
• “Quoted on the website of the IMT: Statement to the 32nd congress of Pakistani Marxists”
• “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”