Powerful quotes by Malala Yousafzai – 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Malala Yousafzai – the Pakistani teenage education campaigner shot on a school bus in 2012 by a Taliban gunman – has won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala has also become the youngest person to win a Nobel prize and it was fitting she did not appear before the media to respond for several hours because… it was a school day.

Sadly, it is still too dangerous for Malala to return to her Pakistani homeland – the Swat District of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Instead Malala lives and studies in Birmingham, UK.

Congratulations Malala Yousafzai on being acknowledged for your bravery, courage, strength of conviction, and determination. May the Nobel Peace Prize be the launching pad for your – and our – continued push for education and equality for all.

Here are 15 inspiring Malala Yousafzai quotes that will make your heart soar

“Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“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 were born.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“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, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“We must believe in the power and the strength of our words. Our words can change the world.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“I believe the gun has no power at all.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“My goal is not to get a Nobel Peace Prize. My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see the education of every child.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“I raise up my voice, not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapon.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“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, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.“
– Malala Yousafzai, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

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