M Alphabet Quotes
Timeless quotes beginning with M, organised by topic. Copy & Share every quote.
“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
Terrorism will spill over if you don't speak up.
People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.
I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible.
There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.
There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.
I say I am stronger than fear.
Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.
We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other.
I believe the gun has no power at all.
Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.
The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue.
I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move… We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now?
I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.
We must tell girls their voices are important.
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
I speak not for myself but for those without voice… those who have fought for their rights… their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.
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.
If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.
I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.
Honor your daughters. They are honorable.
In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.
I want education for the sons and the daughters of all the extremists, especially the Taliban.
Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all.
I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.
My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.
Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.
Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge.
Education is neither eastern nor western.
If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country.
In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education… it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.
I believe it's a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?
We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead, he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself… By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities.
I might be afraid of ghosts and like dragons and those things, but I'm not afraid of the Taliban.
Many girls do not go to school because of poverty.
I like writers who can show me worlds I know nothing about, but my favorites are those who create characters or worlds which feel realistic and familiar to me, or who can make me feel inspired.
I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.
And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
With Guns you can Kill Terrorists. With Education you can Kill Terrorism
If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban – that's my definition for her – I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live. – Malala Yousafzai
When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful.
In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.
I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
It's good to fight with your brothers, and it's good to tease them to give them advice.
It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.
I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.
On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn't kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story. – Malala Yousafzai
I don't know what would I do in future; I'll decide it later.
I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.
There's no one who has been living for centuries.
We need to increase education budgets.
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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart
Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose
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I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do
To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion
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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme
It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind
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I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism