“A girl has the power to go forward in her life.”

— Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Speech (10 October 2014)

About Malala Yousafzai

Born 1997

Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2014), who campaigns for every girl's right to schooling.

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”

“Education is one of the blessings of life — and one of its necessities.”

“Each of us lives only now, this brief instant.”

“Life is our dictionary.”

“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.”

“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”

“Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.”

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”