Malala Yousafzai Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?

  Malala Yousafzai

  Book, Gun, Giving

  "8 Times We Fell In Love With Malala Yousafzai" by Katie O'Malley, www.elle.com. December 7, 2016.

• It gives a message to people of love... it does not matter what's the colour of your skin, what language do you speak, what religion do you believe in. It is that we should all consider each other as human beings and we should respect each other.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Believe, Color, People

  "Malala Yousafzai 'honoured' by Nobel". www.radionz.co.nz. October 10, 2014.

• 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

  Children, Lying, Men

• Outside his office my father had a framed copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to his son's teacher, translated into Pashto. It is a very beautiful letter, full of good advice. Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books...But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside, it says. Teach him it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Beautiful, Teacher, Father

• I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Girl, Daughter, Powerful

• I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Leadership, Wisdom, Believe

  "16-Year-Old Activist Malala Yousafzai Steals The Show At NYC Awards Show" by Jocelyn Noveck, www.businessinsider.com. November 12, 2013.

• I want world leaders to choose books over bullets...We can afford to give every girl 12 years of free education. It is absolutely in our power, and when we do, we will realize a whole new world of possibility.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Girl, Book, Years

• There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems, it's just one and it's education. You educate all the girls and boys. You give them the opportunity to learn.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Girl, Boys, Opportunity

• And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Children, Wall, Giving

• Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?

  Malala Yousafzai

  Country, Strong, Powerful

  Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2014.

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