Malala Quotes:

I said to myself, Malala, you must be brave. You must not be afraid of anyone. You are only trying to get an education. You are not committing a crime.

- Malala Yousafzai

topic: Brave, Trying, Malala

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.

- Malala Yousafzai

topic: Moving, Moving Forward, Malala

With her courage and determination, Malala has shown what terrorists fear most: a girl with a book.

- Ban Ki-moon

source: Ban Ki-moon's statement on the Awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, www.un.org. October 10, 2014.

topic: Girl, Determination, Book, Malala, Courage And Determination

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

- Malala Yousafzai

topic: Girl, Boys, Rights, Malala, Today Is The Day

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.

- Malala Yousafzai

source: "Malala Yousafzai says she will not be silenced by terrorism". "AM", www.abc.net.au. July 13, 2013.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Teacher, Inspiring Education, Malala

Malala Day is not my day. It is the day of every girl and every boy. It is a day when we come together to raise our voices, so that those without a voice can be heard.

- Malala Yousafzai

topic: Girl, Boys, Voice, Malala

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who is 17, has become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. So a Pakistani teenager literally can change the world, while American teenagers literally can't even.

- Colin Jost

topic: Teenager, Winning, World, Malala, Nobel Peace Prize

I reassured my mother that it didn’t matter to me if my face was not symmetrical. Me, who had always cared about my appearance, how my hair looked! But when you see death, things change. “It doesn’t matter if I can’t smile or blink properly,” I told her. “I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.

- Malala Yousafzai

topic: Motivational, Mother, Hair, Malala, Symmetrical

People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.

- Malala Yousafzai

source: "Interview: Even If Its People Hate Me, I Will Still Love Pakistan, Says Malala". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Interview, www.rferl.org. October 08, 2013.

topic: Thinking, Talking, Voice, Malala, Resonating

When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.

- Malala Yousafzai

source: "Malala Yousafzai: 'It's hard to kill. Maybe that's why his hand was shaking'" by Kamila Shamsie, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2013.

topic: Girl, Heart, Thinking, Malala, Change God

The important thing to note is that it is not important whether Malala was shot or not - Malala is not asking for personal favors or support. She is asking for support with girls' education and women's rights. So don't support Malala, support her campaign for girls' education and women's rights.

- Malala Yousafzai

topic: Girl, Rights, Support, Malala

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 Malala's voice was like a crescendo. It spread all around the world. She was the smallest but her voice was the biggest, because she was speaking for herself.

- Ziauddin Yousafzai

source: "Ziauddin Yousafzai: learn from Malala, use your own voice to demand rights" by Anna Leach, www.theguardian.com. April 9, 2014.

topic: Daughter, Mother, School, Malala, Speaking Out

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 them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all.

- Ziauddin Yousafzai

topic: Wings, People, Special, Being A Father, Daughter To Father

The challenging of repression by a new generation of activists - from Malala Yousafzai to Pussy Riot - across the globe reminded us how many women are still fighting for basic human rights. Our great-grandmothers' struggle in all its shocking detail seemed so relevant.

- Sarah Gavron

topic: Struggle, Grandmother, Fighting, Malala, Basic Human Rights

In light of the strong correlation between female education and demographic decline, a purely empirical perspective on Malala Yousafzai, the poster girl for global female education, may indicate that the Taliban's attempt to silence her was perfectly rational and scientifically justifiable.

- Theodore Beale

topic: Girl, Strong, Light, Malala, Female Education

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 long time to communicate.

- Ziauddin Yousafzai

topic: Daughter, Mother, Long, Malala

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 Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.

- Malala Yousafzai

topic: Names, America, People, Malala, Purdah