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.

In the future, women, rather than men, will be the ones to change the world.

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.

I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.

I said to myself, Malala, you must be brave. You must not be afraid of anyone. You are only trying to get an education. You are not committing a crime.

I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move.