Quotes from Malala Yousafzai

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.

We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.

Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.

And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.

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.

Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me.

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

Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.

Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives...

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

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

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.

Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman.

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.

Every girl deserves to take part in creating the technology that will change our world and change who runs it.

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.

It gets quite difficult for me when I listen to pop music. I don't often understand the words, but when someone translates them to me, I think, 'What is this song representing? That women are just there to be treated like objects?'

My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.

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

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

It is not time to tell the leaders to realize how important education is - they already know it - their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action.

This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.