Malala Yousafzai — "The only way to defeat terrorism is through education."

"I believe in the power of education to change the world."

"I used to think that the Taliban would come and they would just kill me. But then I said, 'If they come, what will you do, Malala?' Then I would reply to myself, 'Malala, just take a shoe and hit them…"

"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."

"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 …"

"It seemed to me that everyone knows they will die one day. My feeling was nobody can stop death; it doesn't matter if it comes from a Talib or cancer. So I should do whatever I want to do."