Malala Quotes

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

  Ban Ki-moon

  Girl, Determination, Book

  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.

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• 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

  Girl, Boys, Rights

  "Malala Yousafzai: 'Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons'". Speech at the United Nations, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2013.

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• 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

  Moving, Moving Forward, Ifs

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• Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Powerful, Book, July

  "The Full Text: Malala Yousafzai Delivers Defiant Riposte to Taliban Militants With Speech to the Un General Assembly". www.independent.co.uk. July 12, 2013.

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• 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

  Brave, Trying, Crime

  "Malala Yousafzai: The Girls' Hero" by Cindi Leive, www.glamour.com. October 30, 2013.

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• 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

  Girl, Boys, Voice

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• 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

  Teenager, Winning, World

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• I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Important, Given, Stills

  Malala Yousafzai (2013). “I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)”, p.256, Hachette UK

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• 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

  Thinking, Talking, Voice

  "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.

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• 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

  Girl, Heart, Thinking

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

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• 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

  Motivational, Mother, Hair

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• 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

  Girl, Rights, Support

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• 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

  Mother, Daughter, School

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

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• 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

  Education, Courage, Wings

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• 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

  Struggle, Grandmother, Fighting

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• 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

  Girl, Strong, Light

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• 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

  Mother, Daughter, Long

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• 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

  Names, America, People

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• On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: When she was very small I used to say to her, 'tell me Malala, how is the school going?' And she'd say 'it is so-so, you should change this and this...' I trusted her wisdom.

  Ziauddin Yousafzai

  Daughter, Mother, School

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