Top 200 Malala Yousafzai Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”

— Malala Yousafzai

2. “I am stronger than fear.”

— Malala Yousafzai

3. “Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.”

— Malala Yousafzai

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

— Malala Yousafzai

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

— Malala Yousafzai

6. “With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.”

— Malala Yousafzai

7. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”

— Malala Yousafzai

8. “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

9. “In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.”

— Malala Yousafzai

10. “Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.”

— Malala Yousafzai

11. “I believe in the power of the voice of women.”

— Malala Yousafzai

12. “Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.”

— Malala Yousafzai

13. “We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

— Malala Yousafzai

14. “Education is the only solution. Education first.”

— Malala Yousafzai

15. “My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.”

— Malala Yousafzai

16. “I tell my story, not because its unique, but because its not, it is the story of many girls.”

— Malala Yousafzai

17. “I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.”

— Malala Yousafzai

18. “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

19. “A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.”

— Malala Yousafzai

20. “There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.”

— Malala Yousafzai

21. “Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.”

— Malala Yousafzai

22. “You should believe in your talent and potential. Never lose hope.”

— Malala Yousafzai

23. “The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.”

— Malala Yousafzai

24. “We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.”

— Malala Yousafzai

25. “This is what my soul is telling me, be peaceful and love everyone.”

— Malala Yousafzai

26. “Education is the power terrorists fear most.”

— Malala Yousafzai

27. “We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than fear, hatred, violence and poverty.”

— Malala Yousafzai

28. “If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?”

— Malala Yousafzai

29. “Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.”

— Malala Yousafzai

30. “The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.”

— Malala Yousafzai

31. “I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I’m afraid of no one.”

— Malala Yousafzai

32. “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

33. “Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It’s your world and you can change it.”

— Malala Yousafzai

34. “We realize the importance of light when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced. In the same way when we were in Swat, we realized the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns.”

— Malala Yousafzai

35. “There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.”

— Malala Yousafzai

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

— Malala Yousafzai

37. “The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.”

— Malala Yousafzai

38. “Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.”

— Malala Yousafzai

39. “They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.”

— Malala Yousafzai

40. “My dream is to empower myself with education, and then it is a weapon.”

— Malala Yousafzai

41. “I want poverty to end in tomorrow’s Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.”

— Malala Yousafzai

42. “We felt like the Taliban saw us as little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. I thought if God wanted us to be like that He wouldn’t have made us all different.”

— Malala Yousafzai

43. “My dream is to see every girl educated, in every country.”

— Malala Yousafzai

44. “We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.”

— Malala Yousafzai

45. “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?”

— Malala Yousafzai

46. “I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up.”

— Malala Yousafzai

47. “Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?”

— Malala Yousafzai

48. “I dreamt of a country where education would prevail.”

— Malala Yousafzai

49. “I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.”

— Malala Yousafzai

50. “I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.”

— Malala Yousafzai