Malala Yousafzai Quotes

People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option.

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

I hope I don't have to buck the system. But if it requires bucking, I will do it.

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

Sometimes you pay a price for standing up.

I stand up to people.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

I refuse to be silenced.

If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.

I'm willing to throw my body in front of the bus to stop bad ideas.

Come on, fire bullets at me. I am prepared to die for the sake of the people.

Fighting for what is right is not always popular but is always necessary.

The human race is a race of cowards. I am not only marching with them but am carrying the banner.

Speaking truth to power is never going to be easy.

There's always something heroic and romantic about taking a stand against the powers that be.

I am as fearless as the Rani of Jhansi and I will fight against all those people who are dragging me in controversy.

We must dissent from the fear.

It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.

I don't fear death; I fear remaining silent in the face of injustice. I am young and I want to live. But I say to those that would eliminate my voice: I am ready, wherever and whenever you might strike. You can cut down the flower, but nothing can stop the coming of the spring.

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.