"I raise up my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard."

"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women."

"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."

"I want to make sure that every girl has the chance to go to school."

"In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don't want to obey our fathers, brothers or husbands. But it does not mean that."