Presidential+Advice

**Presidential Advice ** **Due 19 February 2012 ** Today is Abraham Lincoln's Birthday Next week is George Washington's Birthday

1. Your assignment is to find a great quote from Abraham Lincoln and then in a paragraph explain that quote means to YOU today.

2. Then find a quote by George Washington, and explain in a paragraph what that quote means to YOU today.

3. Finally, find a quote from your favorite president, and in another paragraph explain what that quote means to you today.

*** Remember to cite the website where you got each quote.** *

MrC Example A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. [|Richard M. Nixon]  Richard Nixon is not my favorite president but I just love this quote. To me this quote means that I am not going to always "win", sometimes I am going to mess up, make mistakes, and fail. But messing up is just a product of trying, Trying is how I get better and improve. So when I fail I have to pick myself up and dust myself off and try again. Maybe I will try to achieve by changing how I try just a little bit. As Thomas Edison said "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." What a waste if I quit after 9999 times! So close and yet I failed! I never know how close I am to success, when I stay down and don't pick myself up for another go at it. So when I stop getting up... that is when I fail, not when I am defeated, I will be defeated many times in my pursuit of success. I am only a failure when I quit and stop trying! <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">MrC!!! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. Richard M. Nixon http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/richard_m_nixon.html#ixzz1mAwrYW7d <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas Edison <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_a_edison.html#ixzz1mAuTveWE <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Create a wiki page named "Presidential Advice" and complete your work on that page. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Please date the entry on your page. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Please check capitalization and spellings. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Thank you! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Be Great!!! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">MrC!!!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; line-height: 39px;">Due 19 February 2012