Malala Yousafzai Quotes

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.

I didn't finish high school - left home when I was 15. I moved away to Fresno and worked as a grocery clerk. I went to college part-time at California State Fresno, and then ended up finishing in two and a half years because I wanted to get on with things.

It was never easy, but I always tried my best and kept complaints out of my heart by holding tightly onto the hope that one day, I would read and write.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?

It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world, which the humblest man has not faculties to surmount.

I said to myself, 'You're a man from a humble background, what you didn't learn in school, you'll learn now. Catch up.

Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.

I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can.

I had a teacher in college who drastically changed the course of my life by telling me that he believed in me as an actor. I never received that support before, and it inspired to me to such a degree that I never looked back. He taught me that it's okay to be crappy; it's okay to fight; it's okay to go to any length.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

When I was young, a lot of things were closed off to me. I was always told, 'Don't do this, you can't do that' - instead of stopping me, it made me think, 'I can do that, I must do that.'

I'm a big believer in 'pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start again.'

I think it was always there and it was maybe a matter of bringing it out. It was harder than I thought it would be and I had to try harder. I had to regain my confidence, maybe the most important thing. I have learned a lot to relax. I know what I can do now, and I do it.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose.

It doesn't matter what you're trying to accomplish. It's all a matter of discipline. I was determined to discover what life held for me beyond the inner-city streets.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.

All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.