Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible.

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.

Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum .

New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

I don't want to be a politician. I want to be a leader.

To live with Faith, eliminate Fear. Only one can exist in our Life at any point of time. -RVM

There are no separations—only connections. There are no deaths—only transformations.

The fact that it is sometimes difficult for me to believe in God doesn't mean that I deny his existence. If I stopped believing in him, I wouldn't be able to continue living.

The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment.

I can once more carry on a conversation with myself, and don't stare so into complete emptiness. Only in this way is there any possibility of improvement for me.

I get paid a lot of money to play a game with the greatest players in the world. What could be better than that?

Some shall reap that never sow And some shall toil and not attain.

Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit, Where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.

Terrorism is the preferred weapon of weak and evil men.

In order to have peace, we must first have trust.