Once I had asked God for one or two extra inches in height, but instead he made me as tall as the sky, so high that I could not measure myself.

There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems, it's just one and it's education. You educate all the girls and boys. You give them the opportunity to learn.

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.

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced

In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.

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

The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.