
Let us pick up our books and pencils. They are our most powerful weapons.

Islam means peace.

We have to change this idea that women are only supposed to work in the house ... Women should go out and be what they want

When I look at my goal, my goal is peace.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage.

Told him that instead of focusing on eradicating terrorism through war, he should focus on eradicating it through education.

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.

Wearing a burqa is like walking inside a big fabric shuttlecock with only a grille to see through and on hot days it's like an oven.

I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.

In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.

On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.

Her name Toor Pekai means "raven tresses

When we have our first sight of the Kaaba, the black-shrouded cube in Mecca that is our most sacred place, any wish in your heart is granted by God.

Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights

At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.

Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.

I dream of a country where education would prevail.

We were looking forward to democracy and now people asked, "If Benazir can die, nobody is safe." It felt as if my country were running out of hope.

Education is neither eastern nor western.

My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.

After the PM presented me with the award and cheque, I presented him with a long list of demands.

They called it Operation Silence although it was very loud.

As I watched my brothers run up to the roof to launch their kites, I wondered how free I could ever really be.

There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.

When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds.

Education is the power terrorists fear most.

If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?

But God has also given us the power to forget, so that when the tragedy is over we carry on as normal.

Amazingly threequarters of all the IDPs were put up by the people of Mardan and the nearby town of Swabi.

To us it's a sacred mountain and so high that it always wears a necklace of fleecy clouds.

Education is the only solution. Education first.

We must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.

I want people to remember that Pakistan is my country. It is like my mother, and I love it dearly. Even if its people hate me, I will still love it.

God won't give you marks if you don't work hard God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well

I need to complete my homework on time.

Lincoln also wrote in the letter to his son's teacher, Teach him how to gracefully lose.

Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.

I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds, but our hearts and our souls.

My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child

In the future, women, rather than men, will be the ones to change the world.

We Pashtuns are split between Pakistan and Afghanistan and don't really recognize the border that the British drew more than 100 years ago.

Kindness can only be repaid with kindness. It can't be repaid with expressions like 'thank you' and then forgotten.

I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

I don't want awards, I want my daughter. I wouldn't exchange a single eyelash of my daughter for the whole world.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

I will protect your freedom, Malala. Carry on with your dreams.

The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.

My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.

If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.

In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.

I am not here to speak against the Taliban. I'm here to speak up for the right of every child.

I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.

A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.

It is my belief that God sends the solution first and the problem later.

The Pashton took revenge after twenty years and another said it was taken too soon.

Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.

Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.

If we believe in something greater than our lives, then our voices will only multiply even if we are dead.