92 Inspiring Quotes By Malala Yousafzai That Every Girl Should Read
Malala Yousafzai is the youngest recipient of Nobel Peace Prize. The brave soul was shot in head by Taliban militants while she was on her way back home in her school bus. The fighter nonetheless made a full recovery and continues to voice her opinion on female education. Here are a few interesting tidbits from the life of Malala.
Fighting a battle with death this activist emerged victorious. She was only 15 when terrorist outfit Taliban issued death threat against her for advocating female education. Despite the looming dangers she did not deter and as a result was shot by militants in cold blood.
The incident caused a ripple across the globe and offers for treating her flooded from all corners. The global community condemned the attacks and Malala became an icon almost overnight.
For her efforts in the direction of women emancipation she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She even co-authored the book 'I Am Malala' along with Christina Lamb.
A documentary 'He Named Me Malala' based on her ordeal was released in October 2015.
The accident left her hard of hearing and she uses cochlear implants. However, nothing has deterred this brave teenager from completing her education and she is currently studying in Edgbaston High School in Birmingham, UK.
Here are a few inspirational quotes by the famous activist Malala Yousafzai.
We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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.
Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.
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.
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.
I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.
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.
I raise my voice not so that i can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard
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
If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?
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.
Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.
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.
He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan’s problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.
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.
Read thousands of books and I will power myself with knowledge. Pens and books are the weapons that defeat terrorism.
One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.
We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.
When someone takes away your pens you realize quite how important education is.
Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.
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.
I don't want awards, I want my daughter. I wouldn't exchange a single eyelash of my daughter for the whole world.
One year ago I left my home for school and never returned.
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.
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.
