Malala Yousafzai

“Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.”

“I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.”

“I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.”

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

“Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all.”

“All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.”

“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 were born.”

“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.”

“I say I am stronger than fear.”

“Education is neither eastern nor western.”

“Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.”

“Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality.”

“I need to complete my homework on time.”

“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 to children.”

“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”

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

“If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.”

“There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.”

“If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country.”

“If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.”

“I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give.”