Top 400 Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Liquidity is essential in business. So many businesses fail because of a failure to retain liquidity. But the principle is simple – to get things done, businesses need access to cash and capital. And without that access to cash and capital the business will fail because it won’t be able to find it’s operations.”

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202. “In this new age where data is so abundant, our task as a civilization now is effective beneficial utilization. The challenge now is doing good things with that data – things that make our lives and the lives of future generations of people more fulfilling and more joyful and more prosperous.”

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203. “A reality whereby all individuals live, work and play together in a system of harmony and continual reciprocity, and in the spirit of love and unanimity – is possible. And we living today are the ones to make it happen.”

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204. “It’s very important that municipalities employ effective communication. Citizens deserve to be informed of the ROI they’re getting for their tax dollars.”

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205. “Starting a business is risky. But with every risk, there are substantial rewards. Successful entrepreneurs learn to keep their minds focused on the rewards.”

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206. “Municipalities that invest in education position themselves to ensure future tax revenue.”

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207. “There is a lot of money in Africa. There’s a lot of value being created by the people of Africa, from Egypt to Ghana to Zambia and everywhere in between. Ideas are flowing from African minds, innovations are emerging from African intellect, African businesses are providing solutions and valuable products and services. We are seeing it now and we will see it even more as the century progresses. As an investor, I’m putting big bets on Africa.”

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208. “When your company is buying from my company and my company is buying from your company, there’s flow. And if a bunch of our companies are doing that, then that flow can be leveraged toward liquidity.”

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209. “We were each created to prosper in our own way.”

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210. “If a social ecosystem is created to legitimize the existence a cryptocurrency token, both will fail. The use case for tokens is to serve naturally occurring social ecosystems – that means people have already assembled in that way prior to the introduction of the token.”

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211. “A business is like a living being. It’s more of a process than a stagnant thing. The way you manage your business today shouldn’t be the same way you managed it ten years ago or even ten months ago. Because your business should have evolved and changed and adapted in some way during that time – just like living beings evolve and change and adapt to their environments.”

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212. “Marriage is a cornerstone of family, and vital to social wellbeing.”

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213. “Our creativity comes from our liberty. As long as individual citizens in the USA have liberty, we will be a creative nation. If our liberty is stolen or forfeited, we will stop creating.”

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214. “Gratitude multiplies things to be grateful for.”

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215. “In the new transportation system, car interiors will be like living rooms or meeting rooms. Since cars will be autonomous, passengers will be able to utilize the trip time to work, converse, socialize, write, be artistic or whatever else. Mayflower-Plymouth is making it happen.”

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216. “Each of us is a spiritual being that has invested in a material experience. And from this material experience, we expect a substantial ROI. If we are intentional, the things of matter can be complimentary to the spirit.”

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217. “In a Permaculture Economic system, participants view capital from a holistic perspective, as stewards of Capital rather than just users of Capital.”

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218. “If you havnt created a job for yourself, you’d better not quit the job you have.”

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219. “Business is about making peoples lives better.”

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220. “Trust is a prerequisite for financial transacting.”

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221. “When considering the acquisition of new sources of revenue, the business must account for the costs that must be incurred prior to the acquisition, and the costs associated with the maintenance of that source of revenue.”

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222. “A good investor is prudent but not risk averse.”

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223. “If we desire to increase wealth in the world, we should not focus on the alleviation of poverty. To focus on poverty increases poverty. To focus on wealth increases wealth.”

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224. “Managing waste is a really bad goal. Only an inefficient system would aim to manage waste. A better goal is making waste non-existent by designing the system itself, through it’s participants, to continually upcycle resources.”

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225. “Capitalism embraces linear and singular value chains whereas Permaculture Economics embraces value networks and multiplicative value effects.”

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226. “You don’t need degrees or diplomas to be successful in business – you just need an understanding of what people value and how to sell it to them. Now if you have degrees and diplomas in addition to that, then even better.”

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227. “I tell my daughter all the time – I love your beautiful brown skin and your beautiful tightly curled hair. When our daughters know that their fathers view them as beautiful, it cultivates healthy confidence and that stays with them into adulthood.”

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228. “If you’re an entrepreneur and you’ve started a business that you’re growing from the ground up, just know that its okay to get a job somewhere else while you build up the business. For probably most entrepreneurs, that’s just part of the journey. There’s no shame in that.”

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229. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we care about profit and growth. And just as much we also care about things like the health of the earth, Whole Foods plant based or I-Tal living, vegan or vegetarian living, holistic education, spirituality, human rights, money equity, social cohesion, liberty, family, human health and more. To us, Investing is more than profit.”

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230. “Decision is what directs energy, tunes frequency, and sets the rate of vibration of, in and toward life.”

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231. “A business is not just a legal entity – it’s a group of people engaged in the voluntary exchange of products, services, agreements and currencies. Buyers and sellers determine whether a business is a business. Not it’s legal entity status given by the state. I think legal status is good, but it’s not what truly establishes a business.”

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232. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we take our Assets Under Management very seriously. We see ourselves as stewards of capital and we feel a profound sense of responsibility with the capital we steward.”

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233. “When you invest in something, you establish an energetic connection with it. So be careful what you invest in, and invest wisely.”

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234. “When we start learning from and working with fungi, there will be no such thing as trash anymore. And there are so many business opportunities in that.”

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235. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we love helping businesses adapt to change. We all live and work in a dynamic and ever-changing economy. The businesses that are able to adapt, pivot and restructure are the businesses that are most positioned to thrive through the changes.”

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236. “Permaculture Economics is about designing an economic ecosystem of maximized productivity.”

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237. “When I meet other men in business, I want to know what their relationship with their children is like. I think a mans role as a father says something about who he is as a businessman and the quality of leader he is.”

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238. “When you’re humble, people tend to be more forgiving with your failures. I’ve learned to just be humble and keep my ego tamed. This gives me the freedom to live transparently without fearing what people will think about my failures.”

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239. “Reciprocity is key in a Permaculture Economy.”

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240. “The new transportation system is multi-modal, autonomous and electric. People utilize a variety of vehicles including cars, bicycles, passenger drones, hoverboards, airplanes, boats, rockets and more. And with ease, efficiency and comfort. At Mayflower-Plymouth, we’re making that real.”

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241. “It is a matter of economic wellbeing that most families be formed as mother, father, and children in a single-family household.”

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242. “In today’s global economy, it’s essential that businesses efficiently execute on or plug into logistics.”

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243. “Effective scaling requires clear strategy. Nature has provided us with a portfolio of growth applications to learn from and our job as business leaders is to be strategic with that.”

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244. “Cars are evolving to match the new paradigm. Soon, things like steering wheels, pedals and rear-view mirrors will seem ancient. More practically, we will all be better able to optimize our time and attention to focus on more important tasks, family, work, and self care.”

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245. “The Bahamas is becoming a leading nation in regards to Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency. I think The Bahamas will supercede the United States in these categories soon. And if Bahamians approach this right, we can pivot from the entrapment of tourism to the leverage of influencing global interactions with cryptocurrency, new forms of capital, and vital technologies.”

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246. “Biomimicry is known for its design applications. But biomimicry also has an abundance of business applications. When businesses learn from nature and apply what they learn; the results include greater efficiency and more profit, among other things.”

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247. “Every tree in the forest knows about creating value, and about reciprocity and about stewardship. And every tree in the forest knows about profit and about investing and about ROI. This is why I study and learn from nature.”

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248. “Business is about making the world a better place.”

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249. “In nature, capital is stewarded and not merely used. Permaculture Economics shares this stewardship approach to capital.”

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250. “Ethereum, or some other Cryptocurrency is going to be the global standard of payment. It’ll be of greater value than national fiat.”

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