I don't want to be thought of as the 'girl who was shot by the Taliban' but the 'girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.

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

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

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

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

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

Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option.

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

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

And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.

If you're always following the crowd, you will never truly know who you are. Walk your own path.

Lay out your options, dismiss the ones that are of zero appeal, and focus on those that not only excite you, but make sense to you.

I know the media likes to personalize political debates, and I know the government will demonize me.

The faster it ran away from me. And I found myself reasoning that perhaps one more beer would unlock the doors of perception.

As with anything you set out to learn in life, you don't get from point A to point Z without touching upon all those letters in between.

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to bind, imprison and destroy.

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.

Ballet is not just my profession, it is my life ... It is horrible for me to think that one day it will all finish.

People that trust wholly to other's charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.