Finding My Way Quotes

“I changed my answer to the question people always ask me. No, I wouldn’t go back to my old life. I would not trade this life for anything. Whatever I have lost or gained, the path that led me here is the one where I belong.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“It took effort to see past differences in someone’s background, beliefs, or personality. It took courage to be vulnerable, to share the embarrassing and scary parts of yourself—the parts you don’t even understand—with friends. It took humility to repair your connections, to forgive and be forgiven.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“That taunt would’ve hurt me a few years earlier, sending me into a spiral of trying to prove to myself and others that there was still a place for me in Pakistan. Now, though, I knew what home meant to me, what it feels like, how to recognize it. It is the first sip of chai at Frida’s House in Lahore and walks along the Birmingham canals with my mom, the mountains in Mingora, the rooftops of Oxford, the gardens of Islamabad, boats gliding along the Thames in London. It is sitting on the couch laughing with my friends. It is falling asleep in my husband’s arms anywhere in the world, and no one can take that away from me.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“Friendship is the only type of love available to all of us at any point in our lives. It is common, often overlooked, unmarked by major holidays. To me, friends should be embraced with the same magnitude of wonder and care that we feel for lovers and family members.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“Pakistan was not before and England was not after, but parts of an ongoing story.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“I'll never know who I was supposed to be. Maybe everyone feels that way, curious about the invisible crossroads in their lives, the wrong turns and chance encounters that change everything.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“Trust the water to hold you, trust yourself to float.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“My scarves reminded me of home and helped me connect to a world I had lost. No matter what the misogynists or Islamophobes said, I wanted girls in Pakistan to know that I had not forgotten them.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“I wanted my community to see that men can show affection for their wives, that devotion and love are the highest forms of honour.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“Culture is made by people and people can change it too.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“You might inherit an identity and feel obligated to carry it, even as it crushes you.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“People had been watching me my entire life. Making sure I followed the rules, obeyed orders, stuck to the script. Sine arriving at college I felt high on independence. Every choice, even the bad ones, belong to me.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“But you don't need to get the best grades, or be a perfect person to prove yourself worthy of your rights. They belong to you from the moment you were born.”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“I never scroll past them, not matter how painful it is. If I can do nothing else, I will be a witness to their suffering and courage”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way

“When a man's honor lies in a woman's body, he will take her life to reclaim it”
― Malala Yousafzai, Finding My Way