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.

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.

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.

There may be blasphemy and opposition to your calling, but you must continue fulfilling your calling

We’ve now become the spectators of our own mutation. We may not die human anymore. But what makes us human?

Love is that micro-moment of warmth and connection that you share with another living being

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure.

Traders lose because the game is hard, or out of ignorance, or lack of discipline or because of both.

Those things that hurt, instruct.

I think there's a part of me that feels the need to hide a little bit behind a character.

If you scratch below the surface and ask what really makes me tick, it's the liberalism of trying to promote freedom and opportunity. Promoting social mobility is one of the keys to that.

The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.

Believe in yourself and believe in magic.