134 Quotes by Yvon Chouinard

I don’t really believe that humans are evil; it is just that we are not very intelligent animals. No animal is so stupid as to foul its only nest, except humans.

I drive old cars, all my Patagonia clothes are years and years old, I hardly have anything new. I try to lead a very simple life. I am not a consumer of anything. And I much prefer sleeping on somebody’s floor than in a motel room.

So all of these companies that are going for the big growth, if it continues for any length of time, will outlast their resources and outlast their customers and go belly-up. And that’s why these huge companies have massive layoffs all the time.

There’s a movement for simplifying your life: purchase less stuff, own a few things that are very high quality that last a long time, and that are multifunctional.

If you focus on the process of climbing, you’ll end up on the summit.

My favorite quote about entrepreneurship is that to understand an entrepreneur, you should study a juvenile delinquent. They’re both saying: “This sucks and I’m going to do it another way.” You have to want to break the rules and prove that your way works.

Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity. –.

We’re a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It’s a selfish thing to want to protect nature.

What we take, how and what we make, what we waste, is in fact a question of ethics.