30 Quotes By Malala Yousafzai Quotes That Are Truly Inspiring

When the talk is about getting inspired, can the name of Malala Yousafzai be forgotten? This Pakistani female education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate has left no stone unturned to be an inspiration to people especially women worldwide. The spirit she carries to motivate others and fight for others is unmatched. Let’s learn from her and take our already motivated selves to another level through some of Malala Yousafzai’s quotes that are highly inspiring and will fill you with a sense of positivity.

1. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” — Malala Yousafzai
2. “Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.” — Malala Yousafzai
3. “Education is one of the blessings of life — and one of its necessities.” — Malala Yousafzai
4. “We must tell girls their voices are important.” — Malala Yousafzai
5. “When someone takes away your pens you realize quite how important education is.” — Malala Yousafzai
6. “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.” — Malala Yousafzai
7. “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

8. “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
9. “The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.” — Malala Yousafzai
10. “I remember when my friends and I would decorate our hands with henna on special occasions. And instead of drawing flowers and patterns, we would paint our hands with mathematical formulas and equations.” — Malala Yousafzai

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11. “I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.” — Malala Yousafzai
12. “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. Nowhere is it written in the Quran that a woman should be dependent on a man? The word has not come down from the heavens to tell us that every woman should listen to a man.” — Malala Yousafzai
13. “I had one hope for today: that Afghan girls walking to school would not be sent back home. But the Taliban did not keep their promise. They will keep finding excuses to stop girls from learning — because they are afraid of educated girls and empowered women.” — Malala Yousafzai
14. “All we are asking is for girls to be able to go to school, for women to be safer… we are not asking for a privilege, these are like basic human rights.” — Malala Yousafzai
15. “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.” — Malala Yousafzai
16. “I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds but our hearts and our souls.” — Malala Yousafzai

17. “I think of it often and imagine the scene. 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.” — Malala Yousafzai
18. “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.” — Malala Yousafzai
19. “It seemed to me that everyone knows they will die one day. My feeling was nobody can stop death; it doesn’t matter if it comes from a Talib or cancer. So I should do whatever I want to do.” — Malala Yousafzai
20. “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

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21. “I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.” ‍— Malala Yousafzai
22. “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.” — Malala Yousafzai
23. “We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.” — Malala Yousafzai
24. “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.” — Malala Yousafzai
25. “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.” — Malala Yousafzai
26. “If people were silent nothing would change.” — Malala Yousafzai

27. “Why is it that countries which we call “strong” are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?” — Malala Yousafzai
28. “Life isn’t just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.” — Malala Yousafzai
29. “Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.” — Malala Yousafzai
30. “With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.” — Malala Yousafzai

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