We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.

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

If people volunteered in the same way to construct schools or roads or even clear the river of plastic wrappers, by God, Pakistan would become a paradise within a year.

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.

I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he was standing in front of me, I would not shoot him.

Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.