Latest Quotes

“I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.”

— Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala

“We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colours and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us,…”

— Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“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.”

— Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“I won't download Pokemon Go because I already play a game that wastes a lot of my life. It's called 'dating' and it's not that fun.”

— Dr. Ego, via twitter.com

“Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.”

— Malala Yousafzai, UN Youth Assembly, 2013

“Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.”

— Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“Thought woman was slyly taking my pic in the elevator. Turns out there was a Charmander on my shoulder.”

— Noah Szubski, via twitter.com

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”

— Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“If he [the Talib] comes, what would you do Malala? …If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there will be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others…with cruelty...you must fight others but through peace, through dialogue and through education…then I'll tell him [the Talib] h…”

— Malala Yousafzai, Daily Show, 2013

“30 years ago: Don't get into cars with strangers. Now: Pay strangers to drive you around to catch Pokémon.”

— PolygonVerified account, via twitter.com

“When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban – that's my definition for her – I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which…”

— Malala Yousafzai, Interview with The Guardian, 2013

“Me to employee after waiting in line for 10 mins: Busy day at Starbucks I guess. Her: Not really. Someone put a lure outside.”

— Alex Pardee, via twitter.com

“I don't cover my face because I want to show my identity.”

— Malala Yousafzai, Interview with The Guardian, 2013

“'Wow! You've lost weight. What's your diet called?' "#PokemonGO'”

— Nader, via twitter.com

“It's hard to have a gun and kill people. Maybe that's why his hand was shaking. Maybe he didn't know if he could do it. But people are brainwashed. That's why they do things like suicide attacks and killing people. I can't imagine it – that boy who shot me, I can't imagine hurting him even with a ne…”

— Malala Yousafzai, Interview with The Guardian, 2013

“'My girlfriend saw that I had caught a Pokémon while at my ex’s house,’ says two-timing boyfriend.”

— Byron TauVerified account, via twitter.com

“I believe it's a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?”

— Malala Yousafzai, Interview with The Guardian, 2013

“The solution is one, and it is simple. It is education, education, education. No one can defeat us. We can’t be afraid of anyone.”

— Malala Yousafzai, Harvard Speech, 2013

“Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don’t I take a step and move forward.”

— Malala Yousafzai, Harvard Speech, 2013

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

— Malala Yousafzai, Harvard Speech, 2013