We have to instill in them the skills they need to succeed at a young age and open up their imaginations to the very real opportunities they can be afforded if they put their minds to it.

These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State.

Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

This is a value-added college education if I have heard one described. And what is the most remarkable about Delaware State University graduates - is they just keeping giving back.

Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.

Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it or not- politicians as well.

Repaying the debt of these ultimate sacrifices seems nearly impossible but we must try.

Delaware State began as a school bent on service - teaching education, social services and nursing.

Delaware State is no longer a college for African Americans without other choices, it is a university of choice.

Your crown has been bought and paid for. Put it on your head and wear it.

Honoring a life is honoring the wide open space of wilderness and unknowing where the sacred dwells.

To love is to destroy, and to be the one loved is to be destroyed.

Time, how short-eternity, how long! Death, how brief-immortali ty, how endless!

Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.

Thats beautiful! Sad and beautiful," murmured Meggie. Why were sad stories often so beautiful? It was different in real life.

You don't need to win every medal to be successful.

Don't run from lessons; they are little packages of treasure that have been given to us. As we learn from them, our lives change for the better.

Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic.

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.