“Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.”
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Famous Malala Yousafzai Quotes
“My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.”
Source: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
“The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.”
“I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.”
Source: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
“They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.”
“I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.”
“They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.”
“I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.”
“They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.”
“Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.”
Source: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
“If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?”
Source: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
“I am proud to be a girl, and I know that girls can change the world.”
“Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.”
Source: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)
“You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.”
“You should believe in your talent and potential. Never lose hope.”