Top 80 Hendrith Smith Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “Transparency fosters trust. And trust is very valuable in business.”

— Hendrith Smith

2. “Business is about creating value for a specific group of people.”

— Hendrith Smith

3. “God is spiritual and scientific; it is spirit-science. It is the Grand Architect of the Universe. This source energy we call God lives in each of us and lives all around us – it is both internal and external. It is both within and without.”

— Hendrith Smith

4. “Advances in digital banking will not eliminate the branch, they will allow for more creative ways to help clients achieve financial wellbeing.”

— Hendrith Smith

5. “Money flows to people who respect it. Treat every dollar like it’s related to a Billion.”

— Hendrith Smith

6. “Money earned is proof of value provided. Money earned is proof of worth recognized.”

— Hendrith Smith

7. “Justice always finds the void that seeks it. Justice is a traveler through time.”

— Hendrith Smith

8. “Godliness internally Is developing ones individual creative power. And accepting individual responsibility. And directing individual value. And then allocating internal power, responsibility and value Toward externalities.”

— Hendrith Smith

9. “Sometimes the only way to move forward is to let go. Sometimes the only way to rise higher is to cut your ties.”

— Hendrith Smith

10. “There isn’t much room for ego in leading a business. The business will experience the greatest success when the leaders and employees of the business focus less on self and more on pleasing customers.”

— Hendrith Smith

11. “A healthy Banking system is one of the vital parts of a nation’s foundation.”

— Hendrith Smith

12. “The way to stay in business is to keep solving problems and providing solutions to a considerable amount of people at the highest price point possible. And society is always evolving, so we should always keep looking out for new problems to solve and new kinds of solutions to provide and new ways to add value.”

— Hendrith Smith

13. “Trends change, markets change, people change – but the essentials of business don’t change.”

— Hendrith Smith

14. “One of the biggest killers of business is an unwillingness to adapt. In business, you really gotta be adaptable.”

— Hendrith Smith

15. “A liability is anything that causes you to spend money and results in net value decreases.”

— Hendrith Smith

16. “If you want to have a profitable business, you need to have an efficient business.”

— Hendrith Smith

17. “If you do not protect your assets, you will soon have no assets. If you do protect your assets, you will be in a position to obtain additional assets and grow your wealth even more. There is no intermediate ; only digression or progression; only deterioration or improvement; only growth or decay.”

— Hendrith Smith

18. “Greed is bad. Greed is the perversion and distortion of wealth consciousness. Greed is when obtaining money is prioritized above being godly. Greed is refusing to add value to other peoples lives in exchange for the value you get. Greed a result of poverty and also a cause of poverty. Don’t be greedy – focus on being valuable and the wealth will come.”

— Hendrith Smith

19. “There is no such thing as something for nothing. We live in an ordered universe with checks and balances. The law is value earned is according to value provided.”

— Hendrith Smith

20. “If you fear poverty, poverty will come upon you. If you fear wealth, wealth will evade you. Fear and money are horrible companions.”

— Hendrith Smith

21. “Poverty has always existed, and Capitalism has lifted more people out of it than anything else.”

— Hendrith Smith

22. “Imagination is the engine of creation. As we imagine our goals and desires in our mind, we cause them to become true in our life.”

— Hendrith Smith

23. “Waste and laziness are facilitators of poverty. But sustainability, efficiency and productivity are facilitators of wealth.”

— Hendrith Smith

24. “The best way to protect an asset is with systems that self organize and self execute behaviors which function as protective to the asset.”

— Hendrith Smith

25. “There’s nothing more disastrous than unemployed capital.”

— Hendrith Smith

26. “Do not fear the darkness; Because it is as beautiful as the light. And do not fear the light; Because it is as beautiful as the darkness. These two are each others mothers, and each others fathers.”

— Hendrith Smith

27. “When we look at asset protection from a natural perspective, we realize that in nature, assets are protected not with fences or walls but with internal and external immune systems. So the best way to protect an asset is with systems that self organize and self execute behaviors which function as protective to the asset.”

— Hendrith Smith

28. “It’s good to be transparent in business. As much as possible, the business should be transparent about it’s products and services. And it should be transparent about it’s income, expenses and debts. Transparency fosters trust. And trust is very valuable in business.”

— Hendrith Smith

29. “Data Analytics is critical to wise investing, but so is good old fashioned understanding of business and markets.”

— Hendrith Smith

30. “Nature is great at hedging investments. Nature doesn’t hedge by betting for and against the same things. Nature hedges by cultivating resilience.”

— Hendrith Smith

31. “Poverty has always existed, and Capitalism has lifted more people out of it than anything else. Injustice has a long history, but only Capitalism makes it beneficial to a person to care more about another person’s products and services than their race, color, ethnicity or nationality. So Capitalism transcends ’identity politics.”

— Hendrith Smith

32. “When our money is pooled together, we can do more good in the world. As spiritual people and conscious people, we can leverage our combined monetary power to have a greater influence on the economy and make it better reflect our values. At the same time, it can be profitable for each of us independently. There’s power in pooling capital. And that’s part of what we do at Mayflower-Plymouth.”

— Hendrith Smith

33. “Capitalism is the only system whereby the only way to self-serve is to serve others first.”

— Hendrith Smith

34. “Business is about putting a product or service in the marketplace that will create value for a specific group of people.”

— Hendrith Smith

35. “Banks are to the economy what the heart is to the human body. They cycle necessary capital through the whole, and they are barely noticed until pressure, necessity, or crises.”

— Hendrith Smith

36. “I care a lot about people, and I believe in being my brothers keeper and caring for those in need. And while I think some inequality is necessary and good, poverty is not. I envision a world where we all are prospering and succeeding in life, though in different ways and to varying degrees. Capitalism is the way.”

— Hendrith Smith

37. “Happiness alters our vibratory frequency in a way that attracts more reasons to be happy.”

— Hendrith Smith

38. “The me That is larger than life Is the me That was born before birth. And the i That is greater than eyes can see Is the i That was there even before What came first – a Beautiful Creation of our One God.”

— Hendrith Smith

39. “Capital markets need to reward human progress in addition to profits. The two can be co-collaborators – human progress can amplify profits and profits can amplify human progress.”

— Hendrith Smith

40. “Effectiveness is about asking the questions, what do we want our business to be great at? And what is the best way to achieve the results we desire?”

— Hendrith Smith

41. “Debt is just as dangerous in business as it is in personal finance. Entrepreneurs need to be careful not to cripple the businesses they lead with debt. Because one thing debt does well is cripple it’s host.”

— Hendrith Smith

42. “Companies can bounce back just like people can bounce back.”

— Hendrith Smith

43. “Everything is always changing in business, except the essentials. Markets change, platforms change, customers change, owners change, trends change... But the essentials remain constant.”

— Hendrith Smith

44. “Budgeting for liquidity is important. You have to include liquidity into the budget. Otherwise you could end up selling your farm in winter to buy someone else’s summer crops just to survive. Then come next planting season you’re starting from scratch.”

— Hendrith Smith

45. “Wise people decide everyday to be happy, despite the struggles. We ourselves decide, cognitively to have joy. Happiness is a decision.”

— Hendrith Smith

46. “Theft is bad. There is morality involved in true wealth creation, and theft is cancerous to true wealth creation. No real wealth can be built on a foundation of theft.”

— Hendrith Smith

47. “The principles of wealth are true regarding large amounts and small amounts. It all begins with the smallest unit of currency.”

— Hendrith Smith

48. “It’s important to always keep the business’ assets growing. Inflation will make sure that expenses grow, so each business needs to make sure that it’s assets are growing to at least compensate for those inflationary pressures.”

— Hendrith Smith

49. “We prioritize integrity and honesty when it comes to our Assets Under Management.”

— Hendrith Smith

50. “Wealth is the blessing of the prudent. And profit is the reward of the judicious.”

— Hendrith Smith