"I Am Malala" Quotes

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

I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education.’

If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?

My mother always told me, ‘Malala, your smile is your sword.’

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.

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

I am Malala. My world has changed but I have not.

I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.

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

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.