One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
Speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)
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Malala Yousafzai quotes
b. 1997 ยท Presidents and world leaders
Pakistani education activist and youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
5 quotes, 5 traced to where Yousafzai said or wrote them.
We realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.
Speech to the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)
There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
Speech at the opening of the Library of Birmingham (2013)
Education is one of the blessings of life, and one of its necessities.
Nobel Peace Prize lecture (2014)
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.
Speech at the opening of the Library of Birmingham (2013)