Archibald Rutledge Quotes

• It has always seemed to me that any man is a better man for being a hunter. This sport confers a certain constant alertness, and develops a certain ruggedness of character....Moreover, it allies us to the pioneer past. In a deep sense, this great land of ours was won for us by hunters.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Sports, Character, Past

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• Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Men, Hunting, Turkeys

  Archibald Rutledge, James A. Casada (1994). “America's Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge's Turkey Hunting Tales”, p.18, Univ of South Carolina Press

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• You should remember that though another may have more money, beauty, and brains than you, when it comes to the rarer spiritual values such as charity, self-sacrifice, honor, nobility of heart, you have an equal chance with everyone to be the most beloved and honored of all people.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Spiritual, Character, Heart

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• It is my fixed conviction that if a parent can give his children a passionate and wholesome devotion to the outdoors, the fact that he cannot leave each of them a fortune does not really matter so much.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Niños, Dar, Padres

  Archibald Rutledge (2015). “The Doom of Ravenswood”, p.34, Univ of South Carolina Press

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• It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Stars, Destiny, Silence

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• Familiarity with nature never breeds contempt. The more one learns, the more one expects surprises, and the more one becomes aware of the inscrutable.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Nature, Surprise, Contempt

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• If there is anything in life in which I take a pardonable pride, it is my friendship for certain old woodsmen and hunters; obscure men, as far as the world is concerned, but faithful friends, loyal comrades.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Pride, Men, Faithful

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• The turkey's eyes are such that he can see a bumblebee turn a somersault on the verge of the horizon.

  Archibald Rutledge

  Eye, Hunting, Turkeys

  Archibald Rutledge, James A. Casada (1994). “America's Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge's Turkey Hunting Tales”, p.9, Univ of South Carolina Press

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