Malala Yousafzai

I believe the gun has no power at all.

— Malala Yousafzai

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

— Malala Yousafzai

Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.

— Malala Yousafzai

Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

— Malala Yousafzai

I have a new dream I must be a politician to save this country. There are so many crises in our country.…

— Malala Yousafzai

“How had this happened? How did an unschooled fanatic turn himself into a kind of radio god? And why was no one…

— Malala Yousafzai

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.

— Malala Yousafzai

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood…

— Malala Yousafzai

I tell my story, not because its unique, but because its not, it is the story of many girls

— Malala Yousafzai

Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their…

— Malala Yousafzai

Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is…

— Malala Yousafzai

People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating…

— Malala Yousafzai

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…

— Malala Yousafzai

“I had been born into a sort of democracy in which for ten years Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif kept replacing each…

— Malala Yousafzai

We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew…

— Malala Yousafzai

“Microphones made me feel as if I were speaking to the whole world. I had talked to only local TV stations and…

— Malala Yousafzai

“The boys learn the Quran by heart, rocking back and forth as they recite. They learn that there is no such thing…

— Malala Yousafzai

“It was all confusing. I used to want to become a doctor, but after everything we had been through, I began to…

— Malala Yousafzai

Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into…

— Malala Yousafzai

“Our Butkara ruins were a magical place to play hide-and-seek. Once some foreign archaeologists arrived to do some work there and told…

— Malala Yousafzai

“My mother started school when she was six and stopped the same term. She was unusual in the village, as she had…

— Malala Yousafzai

We are human behind and this part of our human nature that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched…

— Malala Yousafzai

“I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But…

— Malala Yousafzai

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like…

— Malala Yousafzai

The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.

— Malala Yousafzai

I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid,…

— Malala Yousafzai

“We Pashtuns are split between Pakistan and Afghanistan and don’t really recognize the border that the British drew more than 100 years…

— Malala Yousafzai

I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is…

— Malala Yousafzai

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands…

— Malala Yousafzai

“Going to school, reading and doing our homework wasn’t just a way of passing time, it was our future.”

— Malala Yousafzai

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was…

— Malala Yousafzai

When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows…

— Malala Yousafzai

“Is Islam such a weak religion that it cannot tolerate a book written against it? Not my Islam!”

— Malala Yousafzai

What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a…

— Malala Yousafzai

Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.

— Malala Yousafzai

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take…

— Malala Yousafzai

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

— Malala Yousafzai

“THough we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.”

— Malala Yousafzai

The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.

— Malala Yousafzai

In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.

— Malala Yousafzai