Robert Kluba:
CLASS OF 1975
Bishop O'Connell High SchoolClass of 1975
Arlington, VA
Saint Leo SchoolClass of 1971
Fairfax, VA
Robert's Story
Robert is from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Robert's schools include Bishop O'Connell High School, Saint Leo School. Robert works(ed) at Department Of Defense (dod), United States Department Of Transportation.
Music Robert likes includes Celtic Woman, The Irish Rovers - Band, Frank Sinatra. Books Robert likes include The Event Group Series, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Event Group Files. Movies Robert likes include Gone With The Wind, Hoosiers, James Bond 007. TV shows Robert likes include History, Hawaii Five-0, Human Target.
One of Robert's favorite quotes is:"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not? - Attributed to Robert F. Kennedy
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up"
Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.
Ernest Shackleton
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
Theodore Roosevelt
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.
Theodore Roosevelt
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Theodore Roosevelt
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Theodore Roosevelt
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Theodore Roosevelt
“If my body dies, let my body die, but do not let my country die.”
Genghis Khan
"We consider this as part of our duty to defend humanity against the scourge of intolerance, violence and fanaticism."
Ahmad shah Massoud
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Winston Churchill
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill".
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