Malala Yousafzai — "Ignorance and illiteracy are the biggest threats to peace."

"We cannot continue to fail them [Afghan sisters]."

"I want to be a politician, not because I want power, but because I want to bring change."

"The terrorists thought that 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."

"The day you stop learning is the day you stop growing."

"We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew calculus and chemical formulae instead of flowers and butterflies."