Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Pakistani teenager, won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, which made her the youngest winner of the prestigious award. Malala is the girl who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for defying their policy that banned women in Pakistan to have education. In 2012, while riding a school bus, she was attacked and shot in the by Taliban soldiers which gave her a serious head injury and made her unconscious for 10 days.
But this didn’t stop her from fighting for women’s right to have education, especially for the girls in her country. As soon as she recovered, she continues advocating for the woman’s right to be educated. Now, she is one of the icon of bravery and hope and an inspiration to many. Here are some of the most notable quotes of Malala Yousafzai that will surely inspire you.
Notable Quotes and Sayings by Malala Yousafzai
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.
– Malala Yousafzai
They are afraid of educated women, they are afraid of the power of knowledge.
– Malala Yousafzai
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
– Malala Yousafzai
My mother always told me,”hide your face-people are looking at you”.I would reply,”it does not matter;I am also looking at them.
– Malala Yousafzai
If people were silent nothing would change.
– 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 a step and move forward.
– Malala Yousafzai
Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.
– Malala Yousafzai
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.
– Malala Yousafzai
Even if I am a girl, even if people think I can’t do it, I should not lose hope.
– Malala Yousafzai
The extremists are afraid of books and pens; the power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women.
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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.
– Malala Yousafzai
I don’t want to be thought of as the “girl who was shot by the Taliban” but the “girl who fought for education.” This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.
– Malala Yousafzai
When someone takes away your pens you realize quite how important education is.
– Malala Yousafzai
We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
– Malala Yousafzai
Quotes and Sayings by Malala Yousafzai
We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.
– Malala Yousafzai
Life isn’t just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.
– Malala Yousafzai
I don’t want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.
– Malala Yousafzai
Tell me how can one live without daughters.
– Malala Yousafzai
We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.
– Malala Yousafzai
I speak not for myself but for those without voice… those who have fought for their rights… their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.
– Malala Yousafzai
I don’t cover my face because I want to show my identity.
– Malala Yousafzai
They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.
– Malala Yousafzai
If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?
– Malala Yousafzai
I don’t want awards, I want my daughter. I wouldn’t exchange a single eyelash of my daughter for the whole world.
– Malala Yousafzai
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.
– Malala Yousafzai
I raise my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.
– Malala Yousafzai
More Malala Yousafzai Quotes
My goal is not to get Nobel Peace Prize, my goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.
– Malala Yousafzai
The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.
– Malala Yousafzai
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.
– Malala Yousafzai
It seemed to me that everyone knows they will die one day. My feeling was nobody can stop death; it doesn’t matter if it comes from a Talib or cancer. So I should do whatever I want to do.
– Malala Yousafzai
This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.
– Malala Yousafzai
I believe there is no difference between a man and women. I even believe a woman is more powerful than men.
– Malala Yousafzai
I fought, why shall I wait for someone else? Why don,t I raise my voice? Why don’t I stand up for my rights? I need to hell the world what is happening.
– Malala Yousafzai
There was a time when women asked men to stand up for women’s rights. This time we will do it ourselves.
– Malala Yousafzai
