Ziauddin Yousafzai famous quotes

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People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Wings #People #Special
Honour your daughters, trust them and most importantly, educate them.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Daughter #Mother #Educate
If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a headache and tell the doctor you have a stomachache, how can the doctor help? You must speak the truth. The truth will abolish fear.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Integrity #Doctors #Want
Trust your daughters, they are faithful. Honor your daughters, they are honorable. Educate your daughters, they are amazing.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Daughter #Faithful #Honor
Education is power. It is just like a light in complete darkness.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Light #Darkness
The world turned into a big black hole while my daughter was on the verge of life and death.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Daughter #Mother #Life And Death
When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Voice #Broken #Chains
On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: She was very articulate, more than me. She could say things in a very few words that I take a long time to communicate.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Daughter #Mother #Long
I did not clip the wings of my daughter to fly.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Daughter #Wings #My Daughter
A good girl is supposed to be very quiet
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Girl #Good Girl #Quiet
Education is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Writing #Emancipation
On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: When she was very small I used to say to her, 'tell me Malala, how is the school going?' And she'd say 'it is so-so, you should change this and this...' I trusted her wisdom.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Mother #Daughter #School
She became a very famous, very popular young girl. Before that, she was my daughter, but now I'm her father.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Girl #Daughter #Mother
Take the example of my daughter. A lot of people were speaking out about education when the Taliban were bombing schools in Swat Valley, but Malala's voice was like a crescendo. It spread all around the world. She was the smallest but her voice was the biggest, because she was speaking for herself.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Daughter #Mother #School
When people hear my daughter and when they know about her wisdom and maturity, they think that her father must have been sitting with her and mentoring her. They think he would have spent a lot of time in bringing her up. They think he would have constructed her.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Daughter #Mother #Father
When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Mother #Daughter #Father
You may think I'm brave. But in the eyes of many people back in my country I am a coward. They think, this man gave so much freedom to his daughter, he broke all the traditions of our society.
-- Ziauddin Yousafzai

#Mother #Country #Daughter

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