Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness.

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

In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time.

As pessoas geralmente não deixam a própria casa voluntariamente. Só a pobreza ou o amor fazem com que fujam assim às pressas.

In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It’s their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education… it’s like a precious gift. It’s...

Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.

Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.

We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls’ rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

Some girls cannot go to school because of the child labor and child trafficking.

I don’t have a phone, but I do have an iPad.

A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn’t kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story.

I want to have fun, but I don’t quite know how.

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.

I don’t know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it’s the right of every human being.

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.

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

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...

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

I realized that becoming a doctor, I can only help a small community. But by becoming a politician, I can help my whole country.

In countries other than Pakistan – I won’t necessarily call them ‘Western’ – people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don’t do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi,...

What I get a bit angry about is the image of women.

Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.” Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for wanting an education and survived, in...

In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering.

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… By giving me this...

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.

I want to serve the people.

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...

I believe in peace. I believe in mercy.

Honor your daughters. They are honorable.

Islam means peace.

We must tell girls their voices are important.

If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.

I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth...

You cannot rely on other people’s support.

One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.

When God created man and woman, he was thinking, ‘Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?’ And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that...

People say Malala’s voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala’s voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala’s voice. What is she...

Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.

I was excited when King’s College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.