“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.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“If he [the Talib] comes, what would you do Malala? …If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there will be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others…with cruelty...you must fight others but through peace, through dialogue and through education…then I'll tell him [the Talib] h…”— Malala Yousafzai, thedailyshow.cc.com
“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…”— Malala Yousafzai, theguardian.com
“It's hard to have a gun and kill people. Maybe that's why his hand was shaking. Maybe he didn't know if he could do it. But people are brainwashed. That's why they do things like suicide attacks and killing people. I can't imagine it – that boy who shot me, I can't imagine hurting him even with a ne…”— Malala Yousafzai, theguardian.com
“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?”— Malala Yousafzai, theguardian.com
“The solution is one, and it is simple. It is education, education, education. No one can defeat us. We can’t be afraid of anyone.”— Malala Yousafzai, bostonglobe.com
“A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.”— Nancy Rathburn, pinterest.com
“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.”— Timothy Ferriss, amazon.com
“You are going to beat this world: you are smart, you are strong, and you are so brave and I love you.”— Rich Jepson, amazon.com
“When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“If you try to get rid of fear and anger without knowing their meaning, they will grow stronger and return.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens…”— Louise Erdrich, amazon.com
“You brought me to the bar and ordered my drink for me. This wouldn’t be the first time you decided something for me.”— Amanda Conder, thoughtcatalog.com
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”— José N. Harris, amazon.com