Top 400 Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “The Subjectivity of Value: Value is determined by individual buyers and sellers and not by government. There is no product or service which has a fixed or definite value. Because circumstances, scenarios, and objectives vary indefinitely, value also varies indefinitely. Value is subjective in the same way that needs are subjective.”

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302. “The global economy and all of its markets are constantly changing. In order to survive and thrive as an individual in business these days, you’ve got to be always updating your mental models. You’ve got to be always updating the software of your mind and spirit so that you remain capable of seeing the new ways value is being measured and exchanged; and so that you remain capable to plugging in to and profiting from the new ways that value is being exchanged.”

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303. “Careers are not defined by age or employment status. Careers are defined by consistent value creation. So if you’re 12 years old and you consistently create engineering value, you are an engineer.”

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304. “Nature ensures efficiency through self-sustaining systems. Businesses should do the same.”

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305. “Investing requires vision, patience, research, and strategy.”

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306. “Business leaders a hundred years ago thought about business with a very mechanical way of thinking. But today and going forward, business leaders need to think about business with a biological and energetic way of thinking; thinking of business in terms of living systems.”

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307. “A lot can be learned from the big companies of today. Companies like Amazon have revolutionized logistics, companies like Tesla have revolutionized sustainable systems, companies like Microsoft and Google have revolutionized data mining and data distribution, companies like Maersk have revolutionized Supply Chains, companies like Gardein and Beyond Meat have revolutionized food. Every company can serve as a case study of some kind with various lessons that can be learned.”

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308. “Municipalities that struggle with emergency management present an added layer of risk in terms of their ability to repay loans. When we do our underwriting for bond issuance we consider how prepared a municipality is in terms of emergency management.”

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309. “Society is a big thing to think about. But it all begins with each household. If each household is comprised of a family living healthy, joyful, ethical, sustainable and prosperous lives, then society is automatically all those things too. It begins with each house, and each family.”

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310. “From the perspective of society as a whole, there is no fixed or objective need aside from those broad categories required for survival. Rarely, if ever, is there a fixed quantity or definite quality demanded. This is why the needs of individuals are best met by other individuals according to supply, demand, and the price mechanism. And this is why most of the needs of individuals cannot be met only by central government.”

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311. “If you aren’t operating in terms of value, value won’t be operating in terms of you.”

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312. “If you’re a good person and you add a lot of value, you deserve to have a lot of money.”

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313. “The person who does not state her expectations to the cosmos, often receives things of no use to her soul. Clarity of expectation attunes attraction.”

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314. “Mayflower-Plymouth is a leader in Capital Stewardship.”

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315. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we look at the businesses in our Private Equity portfolio as an ecosystem of businesses.”

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316. “Good cities implement good systems design – systems that cultivate life, systems that utilize waste, systems that promote wellbeing among its residents.”

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317. “Decreased capabilities almost always correlate with increased costs.”

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318. “Complaint is a cancer to wealth. But gratitude is an amplifier of wealth.”

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319. “Profits are the result of productivity. Productivity is defined as ‘the effectiveness of effort as measured in terms of the rate of output per unit of input.’ Profit exists within this margin. Therefore, any desire to increase profits must include reasonable actions to improve productivity.”

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320. “A large tree cannnot sustain itself without the support of an ecosystem of various sized life forms. In the same way, large companies cannot sustain themselves without an ecosystem of various sized companies.”

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321. “A good investment is a productive investment.”

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322. “Florida is a place for innovation, for prosperity, for pioneering.”

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323. “Nature doesn’t have puts on one side and calls on the other side of the same things, nor does it waste energy betting against the same life it works to cultivate. Nature doesn’t insure high risk gambles by trying to be both the casino and the player. Instead, nature insures capital and profits through a variety of complimentary approaches. At Mayflower-Plymouth we aim to emulate nature in this way with how we approach investing and asset management.”

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324. “If you approach business thinking that you sell products or services, you will eventually become irrelevant to the marketplace. But if you approach business thinking that what you really sell is value, you will always be relevant to the marketplace.”

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325. “If your adding value and helping other people in some way, then money should be flowing into your life with ease.”

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326. “Before we invest, we ask ourselves ‘What kind of value is this business creating and how do its customers and prospective customers appraise that value?”

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327. “Si quieres tener un negocio rentable, necesitas tener un negocio eficiente.”

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328. “When your company is contemplating change, it’s important to take inventory of employees perception. Does everyone in the company understand the need for making the changes being contemplated? And is everyone in the company committed to the changes? These are important considerations.”

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329. “Municipalities should be prioritizing data in the same way that businesses are prioritizing data.”

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330. “The Bahamas should be positioning itself as a key strategic link in the global supply chain and the global movement of resources. We have a variety of strategic advantages along these lines, that if leveraged will allow us to add value to global commerce in very unique ways and then profit from the value we add collectively as a people.”

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331. “A good business adapts it’s strategy and approach as the economy continuously evolves.”

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332. “In todays complex economy, managing a business or company can be nuanced and complicated, but the fundamentals remain the same. Create value, communicate value, sell value. There may be a thousand other things to consider and specific tasks to do, but the fundamentals remain and they remain vital. Create value, communicate value, sell value.”

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333. “People buy from businesses for many reasons. Among those reasons include: favorable price, favorable accessibility, demonstrated shared values, label identification, and more. The more reasons you can give people to buy from your business, the better sales numbers your business will experience.”

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334. “A business is like a living being. It needs to be cared for, loved, stewarded, nurtured, and led.”

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335. “The real cost of something is its value in alternative uses. This truth always presents itself in prices. There is no benefit that may be gained without cost to the same individual who gained the benefit. There is no benefit that may be presented without cost to the same individual who present the benefit.”

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336. “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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337. “A school that doesn’t cultivate creativity is a waste of the presence of youth, and an example of misallocated capital.”

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338. “Reliable tax revenue is vital to the fiscal wellbeing of municipalities.”

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339. “I recommend every young entrepreneur do some gig work at least for research purposes. Get out there and work for Lyft or Uber or Instacart or whatever. These platforms allow a person to experience a direct conversion of value created to income earned, whereas most jobs and most entrepreneurial ventures have a lag. And the more intimately you understand value, the better.”

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340. “Permaculture Economics is about relationships and well designed economic communities which maximize productivity.”

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341. “Liquidity equals freedom.”

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342. “One of the major prompts for businesses implementing change is the evolution of technology. As new technologies emerge or new use cases emerge for existing technologies; markets are forced to reorganize and therefore businesses are prompted to reorganize in response to that.”

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343. “Only when people agree on goals can they agree on methods. Only when people agree on the destination can they agree on the route. Only when people agree on the past and present facts can they cooperate to co-create new and mutually desirable facts.”

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344. “In any economic ecosystem whereby things are measured primarily according to their present gross utility; it becomes tolerable and even profitable to create, sell and buy products and services which cause net future harm even as they provide present gross utility. This is why a permaculture economy is superior to every other economic ecosystem.”

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345. “How is transformation built into your company’s corporate structure? This is an important question to answer if you want the company to remain relevant throughout market changes.”

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346. “A business is an ensemble of people. The energies, attitudes and personalities of employees come together and form the energy, attitude and personality of the business.”

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347. “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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348. “I am a value adder. My contributions improve peoples lives and I do it with ease and consistency. Therefore, I am a money magnet and money flows into my life with ease and consistency.”

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349. “High ESG standards are especially important in large municipal projects.”

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350. “I believe in Chipotle. They have great tasting and nutritious food. And they’re also a great case study for business efficiency and business resiliency. The company has no long term debt, a loyal customer base, it owns and operates all of it’s stores, it has a clear business model and a clear growth path. They’ve got good company culture and they live by a set of values that earn the respect of their customers. In so many ways Chipotle is superior to it’s peers in the restaurant industry.”

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