Malala Yousafzai Short Quotes

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They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.

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Education is one of the blessings of life — and one of its necessities.

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Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born,

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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

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The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn't stop our minds from thinking.

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There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.

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They support me and they are encouraging me to move forward and to continue my campaign for girls' education.

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My father says that education is neither Eastern or Western. Education is education: it's the right of everyone.

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I don't want awards, I want my daughter. I wouldn't exchange a single eyelash of my daughter for the whole world.

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One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first.

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The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.

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On the day when I was shot, and on the next day, people raised the banners of 'I am Malala'. They did not say 'I am Taliban'.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.

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In a situation where a lifelong school break was being imposed upon us by the terrorists, rising up against that became very important, essential.

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It is my dream that one day, great buildings like this one will exist in every corner of the world so every child can grow up with the opportunity to succeed.

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The thing is that the people of Pakistan have supported me. They don't think of me as Western. I am a daughter of Pakistan and I am proud that I am a Pakistani.

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Birmingham is very special for me because it is here that I found myself alive, seven days after I was shot... It is now my second home, after my beloved Pakistan.

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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.

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If people volunteered in the same way to construct schools or roads or even clear the river of plastic wrappers, by God, Pakistan would become a paradise within a year.

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I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.

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We felt like the Taliban saw us as little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. I thought if God wanted us to be like that He wouldn't have made us all different.

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We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.

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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.

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