"My father always encouraged me to speak my mind."

"My ambition is to see women empowered in every field of life."

"I want to be known as the girl who fought for education, not the girl who was shot."

"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…"

"I would tell him that shoot me but first listen to me. And I would tell him that education is my right and education is the right of your daughter and son as well. And I'm speaking up for them. I'm sp…"