Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
This is what my soul is telling me, be peaceful and love everyone.
You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.
If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?
I want poverty to end in tomorrow’s Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
I don’t want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.
They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.
The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.
I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.
I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I’m afraid of no one.
I dreamt of a country where education would prevail.
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.
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.
I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up.
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.
There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
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.
If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.
When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education – our joy knows no bounds.
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.