When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.

If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?

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

They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.

I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.

You know, my father was a great encouragement for me because he spoke out for women's rights, he spoke out for girl's education. And at that time I said that why should I wait for someone else, why should I be looking to the government, to the army that they would help us? Why don't I raise my voice, why don't we speak up for our rights?

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.