“Education is my right and education is the right of your daughter and son as well. And I’m speaking up for them. I’m speaking up for peace.”— Malala Yousafzai, cbc.ca
“I think that the best way to solve problems and to fight is through dialogue, is through peaceful way.”— Malala Yousafzai, bbc.co.uk
“Why shall I wait for someone else? Why shall I be looking to the government, to the army, that they would help us … for them to help me. Why don’t I raise my voice? Why don’t we speak up for our rights?”— Malala Yousafzai, thedailyshow.cc.com
“Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don't think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, and gives birth to their children.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“My mother always told me, 'hide your face-people are looking at you.' I would reply, 'it does not matter; I am also looking at them.'”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid, you can't move forward.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colours and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us,…”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“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
“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.”— Malala Yousafzai, bostonglobe.com
“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.”— Malala Yousafzai, bostonglobe.com