Malala Yousafzai

Activist

1997-07-12

Pakistani activist for girls’ education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She gained international attention after surviving an attack by the Taliban in 2012 and continued advocacy for education rights through the Malala Fund. She became the youngest Nobel Prize recipient in 2014.

Quotes by Malala Yousafzai

I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid, you can't move forward.
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No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.
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When the whole world is silent,Even one voice becomes powerful.
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I love my God. I thank my Allah. I talk to him all day. He is the greatest. By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities. Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country – this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish.
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THough we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.
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He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
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We were learning to struggle. And we were learning how powerful we are when we speak.
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I started thinking about that, and I used to think that the Talib would come, and he would just kill me. But then I said, "If he comes, what would you do Malala?' then I would reply to myself, "Malala, just take a shoe and hit him.'But then I said, "If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.'Then I said I will tell him how important education is and that "I even want education for your children as well.' And I will tell him, —That's what I want to tell you, now do what you want.
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As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a scrap of paper with a nail to account for the oranges she had sold as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight.
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I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.
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With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.
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Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
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The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.
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I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.
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One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
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Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.
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Let us pick up our books and our pens,— I said. —They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
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Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
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With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.
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THough we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.
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