I fully support U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his Global Education First Initiative and the work of U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and the respectful president of the U.N. General Assembly UK Karmic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give.

— Malala Yousafzai

If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country.

— Malala Yousafzai

If you go anywhere, even paradise, you will miss your home.

— Malala Yousafzai

If you hit a Tali with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Tali. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.

— Malala Yousafzai

I love my God. I thank my Allah. Furthermore, I talk to him all day. He is the greatest. By giving me this height to reach people, he has also given me great responsibilities. Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country – this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish.

— Malala Yousafzai

In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.

— Malala Yousafzai

I need to complete my homework on time.

— Malala Yousafzai

In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.

— Malala Yousafzai

In many parts of the world, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, terrorism, war and conflict stop children to go to their schools. We are exhausted of these wars. Women and children are suffering.

— Malala Yousafzai

In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

— Malala Yousafzai