Ziauddin Yousafzai Quotes

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• Honour your daughters, trust them and most importantly, educate them.
• On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: She was very articulate, more than me. She could say things in a very few words that I take a…
• On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: When she was very small I used to say to her, 'tell me Malala, how is the school going?' And…
• She became a very famous, very popular young girl. Before that, she was my daughter, but now I'm her father.
• Take the example of my daughter. A lot of people were speaking out about education when the Taliban were bombing schools in Swat Valley, but…
• The world turned into a big black hole while my daughter was on the verge of life and death.
• When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and…
• When people hear my daughter and when they know about her wisdom and maturity, they think that her father must have been sitting with her…
• You may think I'm brave. But in the eyes of many people back in my country I am a coward. They think, this man gave…
• If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a…
• Trust your daughters, they are faithful. Honor your daughters, they are honorable. Educate your daughters, they are amazing.
• Education is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free.
• A good girl is supposed to be very quiet
• I did not clip the wings of my daughter to fly.
• People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell…
• When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.

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