Malala Yousafzai

"Honor your daughters. They are honorable."

"I believe in peace. I believe in mercy."

"I believe the gun has no power at all."

"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 Vuk Jeremic. I thank them for the leadership they continue to give."

"I need to complete my homework on time."

"I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated."

"I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees."

"I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace."

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

"In every country, politics is considered to be a waste of time."

"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."

"Islam means peace."

"It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are."

"Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow's reality."

"Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere."

"Some parents do not send their children to school because they don't know its importance at all."

"The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue."

"The terrorists thought 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 were born."

"There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education."

"There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion."

"We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other."

"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful."