Top 100 Malala Yousafzai Quotes
#1. It is my belief God sends the solution first and the problem later, replied Dr. Javid.
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#2. My mother had no education and perhaps that was the reason that she always encouraged us to go to school. 'Don't wake up like me and realise what you missed years later,' she says. She
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#3. 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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#5. Told him that instead of focusing on eradicating terrorism through war, he should focus on eradicating it through education.
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#8. So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their strategic policies in favor of peace and prosperity. We call upon the world leaders that all of these deals must protect women and children's rights. A deal that goes against the rights of women is unacceptable.
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#11. Rather I receive your bullet riddled body with honor that us of your cowardliness on the battlefield.
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#12. We can sit by and hope the government will help, but they won't. If I can help support one or two children and another family supports one or two, then between us we can help them all.
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#13. 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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#14. Some people are afraid of ghosts, some of spiders or snakes - in those days we were afraid of our fellow human beings.
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#15. I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
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#16. In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
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#18. Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.
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#19. When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds.
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#21. We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.
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#23. The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.
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#24. One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
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#25. God won't give you marks if you don't work hard God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well
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#26. But God has also given us the power to forget, so that when the tragedy is over we carry on as normal.
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#27. Our news bulletins were full of killings and death, so it was natural for Atal to think of coffins and graves. Instead of hide-and-seek and cops and robbers, children were now playing army vs. Taliban.
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#28. Fifty seven million children across the world don't want an iPhone, Xbox or chocolates. They want a book and pen.
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#29. I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
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#30. Why send a daughter to school?" the men often say. "She doesn't need an education to run a house.
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#31. If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
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#32. 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.
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#33. Kindness can only be repaid with kindness. It can't be repaid with expressions like 'thank you' and then forgotten.
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#34. General Zia brought in Islamic laws which reduced a woman's evidence in court to count for only half that of a man's.
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#35. Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.
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#36. 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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#37. Read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.
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#38. Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.
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#39. We thought speaking in English meant you were more intelligent. We were wrong of course. It does not matter what language you choose, the important thing is the words you use to express yourself.
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#40. 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.
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#44. I would take responsibility for the fight. (I seemed to always take the blame!)
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#45. At night our fear is strong ... but in the morning, in the light, we find our courage again.
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#46. Learn the literal meaning of the [Arabic] words; don't follow his explanations and interpretations. Only learn what God says. His words are divine messages, which you are free to interpret.
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#47. I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard
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#48. There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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#49. If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?
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#51. 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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#53. I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.
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#54. The Pashton took revenge after twenty years and another said it was taken too soon.
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#56. We felt like the Taliban saw us as like little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. I thought if God wanted us to be like that He would not have made us all different.
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#57. My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If you go around with a lot of security the Taliban will use Kalashnikovs or suicide bombers and more people will be killed,' he said. 'At least I'll be killed alone.'
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#58. I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.
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#59. We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.
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#60. She explained that the bullet had entered through the side of my left eye where there was a scar, traveled eighteen inches down to my left shoulder and stopped there. It could have taken out my eye or gone into my brain. It was a miracle I was alive.
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#61. Khairey ba waley darta na kram Toora topaka woranawey wadan korona Guns of Darkness! Why would I not curse you? You turned love-filled homes into broken debris
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#63. We have to change this idea that women are only supposed to work in the house ... Women should go out and be what they want
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#64. While boys and men could roam freely about town, my mother and I could not go out without a male relative to accompany us, even if it was a five-year-old boy! This was the tradition.
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#65. I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.
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#66. We were learning to struggle. And we were learning how powerful we are when we speak.
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#67. So, yes, the Taliban have shot me. But they can only shoot a body. They cannot shoot my dreams, they cannot kill my beliefs, and they cannot stop my campaign to see every girl and every boy in school.
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#68. 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.
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#69. The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.
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#70. I spoke of the irony of the Taliban wanting female teachers and doctors for women yet not letting girls go to school to qualify for these jobs
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#71. There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.
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#72. I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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#73. It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.
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#74. 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.
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#76. I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move ... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now?
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#77. They glimpsed enough of each other to know they liked one another, but for us it is taboo to express such things. Instead he sent her poems she could not read. 'I admired his mind,' she says. 'And me, her beauty,' he laughs.
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#78. The Americans said they had no choice but to do it like that because no one really knew which side the ISI was on and someone might have tipped off bin Laden before they reached him. The director of the CIA said Pakistan was "either involved or incompetent.
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#79. Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.
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#80. Mullahs from the TNSM preached that the earthquake was a warning from God. They said it was caused by women's freedom and obscenity. If we did not mend our ways and introduce sharia or Islamic law, they shouted in their thundering voices, more severe punishment would come.
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#81. I raise up my voice-not so that I can shout, but so those without a voice can be heard.
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#82. I began to see that the pen and the words that come from it can be much more powerful than machine guns, tanks or helicopters.
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#84. To us it's a sacred mountain and so high that it always wears a necklace of fleecy clouds.
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#85. We should not wait for someone else to come and raise our voice. We should do it by ourselves. We should believe in ourselves. One day you will see that all the girls will be powerful; All the girls will be going to school. And it is possible only by our struggle; only when we raise our voice.
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#86. I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.
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#87. On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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#88. At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.
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#90. A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
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#91. In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.
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#92. I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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#93. When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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#94. I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.
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#95. Which we believe should be part of Pakistan not India as its population is mostly Muslim.
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#96. My father consulted my mother on everything. "Pekai, help me resolve my confusion on this," he would say.
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#97. Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.
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#98. I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.
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#100. We realize the importance of light when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced. In the same way when we were in Swat, we realized the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns.
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