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34 Malala Yousafzai Quotes on Education (EQUALITY)

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Top 10 Most Famous Malala Yousafzai Quotes on Voice and Change (BEST)

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.
We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To me, the moral of the story was that there will always be hurdles in life, but if you want to achieve a goal, you must continue.
To me, the moral of the story was that there will always be hurdles in life, but if you want to achieve a goal, you must continue.
I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it.
I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it.
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
Even if I am a girl, even if people think I can't do it, I should not lose hope.
Even if I am a girl, even if people think I can’t do it, I should not lose hope.

10 Malala Yousafzai Quotes on Education (LEARNING)

“Though we loved school, we hadn’t realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us. Going to school, reading and doing our homework wasn’t just a way of passing time, it was our future.”

Malala Yousafzai
With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.
With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.
Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
When someone takes away your pens you realize quite how important education is.
When someone takes away your pens you realize quite how important education is.
I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.
I don’t want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.
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.
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.
If you want to end war, then instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending tanks, send pens. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers.
If you want to end war, then instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending tanks, send pens. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers.
The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.
The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.
All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.

14 Inspirational Malala Yousafzai Quotes About Fear and Gender Equality (LIFE)

“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
If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?
If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?
The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women.
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".
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”.
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 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.
We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.
We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.
Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.
Life isn’t just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.
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.
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.
Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.
I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.
I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.
A girl's voice is powerful and it can bring change in the community.
A girl’s voice is powerful and it can bring change in the community.
We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.

“In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don’t want to obey our fathers, brothers or husbands. But it does not mean that. It means we want to make decisions for ourselves. We want to be free to go to school or to go to work.”

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai Short Biography

Born on 12 July 1997 in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai is an activist fighting for female education, and the youngest Nobel laureate to date.

Yousafzai’s district of Swat Valley was taken over by the Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) in 2007 and began implementing strict Islamic laws, in the process, they started destroying girl’s schools.

In 2008, Yousafzai accompanied her father to a protest against the TTP, where she gave her first speech.

Yousafzai was later approached by the BBC and was hired as a blog writer. Yousafzai wrote about her experiences of being under TTP rule with her pen name Gul Makai.

In 2009, Yousafzai appeared on Capital Talk and was interviewed by Hamid Mir. In the same year Adam Ellick, a reporter from The New York Times had created a documentary with the help of Yousafzai entitled Class Dismissed.

Yousafzai survived a shot to the head when she was attacked on her way home from school in 2012. A year after her injury, the Malala Fund, a non-profit organization that seeks to support education for all girls, was founded.

In 2013, Yousafzai was hailed as one of Time magazine’s most influential people of 2013. A year after, she was granted the Nobel Peace Prize.

Further Reading:

Here are the best Malala Yousafzai quotes so you can have the courage to do the right thing even if it seems insignificant. 

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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

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