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Quotes by Pakistani Authors
"The important thing to note is that it is not important whether Malala was shot or not - Malala is not asking for personal favors or support. She is asking for support with girls' education and women's rights. So don't support Malala, support her campaign for girls' education and women's rights."
"Predictability is not how things will go, but how they can go."
"Life always involves some logic in its manifestations, and logic, as a rule, excludes the versatility of life from its considerations."
"Knowledge is not discovery, but recognition."
"Man is slave of emotions when they arise, and master of them when they don't."
"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."
"As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a scrap of paper with a nail to account for the oranges she had sold as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight."
"That which is worth telling is not worth having."
"But ultimately it comes down to how the team performs on the day."
"Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional."
"Never congratulate a doctor for the fast recovery of a patient."
"Intellect, at its best, can make you agnostic. Being theist or atheist is still a matter of choice."
"What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way."
"We Pashtuns love shoes but don't love the cobbler; we love our scarves and blankets but do not respect the weaver. Manual workers made a great contribution to our society but received no recognition, and this is the reason so many of them joined the Taliban-to finally achieve status and power."
"With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve."
"We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other."
"His sisters -- my aunts -- did not go to school at all, just like millions of girls in my country. Education had been a great gift for him. He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected. He believed schooling should be available for all, rich and poor, boys and girls. The school that my father dreamed of would have desks and a library, computers, bright posters on the walls and, most important, washrooms."
"I need to complete my homework on time."
"Our desires are guided by what we believe to be good or bad; our beliefs are directed by our knowledge; our knowledge, in turn, is again a manipulation of our desires. Our Will, during this inexorable revolution, serves as the force, increasing, decreasing, or at worst, maintaining the pace."
"I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year."
"Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan."
"Determinism gives you the freedom to do whatever you like."
"If a fact does not modify your logic on being known, either you don't believe the fact or it is not a fact."
"Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman."
"Conquer yourself, the world is you!"
"If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?"
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