For my brothers it was easy to think about the future. They can be anything they want. But for me it was hard and for that reason I wanted to become educated and empower myself with knowledge. – Malala Yousafzai

My father always said, ‘Malala will be free as a bird.’ – Malala Yousafzai

Honor your daughters. They are honorable. – Malala Yousafzai

Honor your daughters. They are honorable. – Malala Yousafzai

And also I didn’t want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn’t want to see my life in that way. – Malala Yousafzai

In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, ‘Girls count,’ then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl. – Malala Yousafzai