Malala Yousafzai Quotes

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.

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.

I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I’m here to speak up for the right of every child.

You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.

If a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can’t she also wear everything?

I don’t cover my face because I want to show my identity.

For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.

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.

We are human behind and this part of our human nature that we don’t learn the importance of anything until it’s snatched from our hands. In Pakistan, when we were stopped from going to school, and that time I realized that education is very important, and education is the power for women. And that’s why the terrorists are afraid of education. They do not want women to get education because then women will become more powerful.

Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.