Malala Yousafzai Quotes

I thanked President Obama for the United States’ work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees.

I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my whole country.

My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.

Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.

My father always said, ‘Malala will be free as a bird.’

What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media… So we must try to use social media in a good way.

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.

It’s an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.

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.’

In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.

I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.

Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.

You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it’s just one, and it’s education.