Top 400 Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “Some people like to hate on big companies because they’re big. I like to learn from big companies because they’re big. In business, size is a measurement of success. It’s certainly not the only measurement. But it is an important measurement.”

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352. “I watch Bloomberg because I can trust that the people I see on Bloomberg will present me with actionable and insightful information that will help me be a better leader in business.”

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353. “Disorder breeds poverty. Anywhere there is disorder, there will also be waste. And waste is one of the many causes poverty.”

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354. “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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355. “Decreased capabilities almost always correlate with increased costs.”

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356. “AI is going to allow civilization-scale capital stewardship on a whole nother level.”

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357. “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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358. “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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359. “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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360. “High ESG standards are especially important in large municipal projects.”

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361. “Every teacher should have real world experience in the subject they teach. To teach science, you should now be or have been a scientist or been in a job that uses science a lot. To teach business, you should now be or have been an entrepreneur or worked in the corporate world. This way, we can teach for real life and not for tests or abstractions.”

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362. “Saving money is vital to cultivating wealth. You cannot magnetize money if you have a habit of spending all of the money you have. Eventually, money will realize its not safe with you. To magnetize money and accumulate money, you need to be a saver, among other things.”

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363. “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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364. “Many charitable organizations don’t need to exist, and their work would be done better by either a business or the church.”

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365. “Gratitude is a very effective medicine for all kinds of problems.”

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

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367. “Municipalities that foster thriving business ecosystems can issue more investable bonds.”

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368. “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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369. “Free money most often costs too much.”

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370. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we enjoy growing and creating wealth with our Assets Under Management.”

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371. “The economy is always changing. So your business should always be changing. Managing a business includes adapting to change, evolving with change and sometimes pioneering those changes and evolutions.”

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

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373. “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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374. “All things multiply themselves. Worry multiplies reasons to worry. Fear multiplies things to be fearful of. Hate multiplies feelings of hate. Gratitude multiplies things to grateful for. Faith multiplies proof of faithfulness. Love multiplies circumstances that facilitate love.”

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375. “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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376. “One of the major priorities for a municipality should be to cultivate the conditions for a thriving business community.”

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377. “Stewardship of capital is at the heart of permaculture economics.”

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378. “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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379. “Anytime there is a disassociation between the producer of value and the consumer of value – there will be waste, a lack of economic empathy, and a lack of productivity.”

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380. “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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381. “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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382. “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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383. “People do not naturally follow people with authority; they naturally follow people of influence. When it comes to leadership, influence is more powerful than authority.”

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

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

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386. “Insurance is important in business. It just makes sense that we share risk for low probability high impact events.”

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387. “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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388. “Every school should be a hub of creativity.”

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

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391. “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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392. “How do you design a garden. Well the intentional placement of boundaries and the intentional facilitation of interactions has a lot to do with it. The same is true in an economic ecosystem. The intentional placement of boundaries and the intentional facilitation of interactions has a lot to do with the success of an economic ecosystem. This is one reason why Permaculture Economics is so effective.”

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393. “Only a wise and prudent people who are spiritually evolved can be trusted to govern themselves.”

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

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395. “Everything matters. Let’s treat the so called little things with importance just as we do the so called big things. Because the little things have a way of being connected and interdependent in such a way as to often be just as big as the big things.”

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

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398. “Technology has always been and will always be a disruptive force in business. And it will always be the case that businesses that are rigid and stagnant and unimaginative will die. And businesses that are adaptive and resilient and imaginative will continue on living.”

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399. “Every business should own, at minimum, a general liability insurance policy. The business needs to protect itself and mitigate against risk.”

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400. “I am an investor. And as an investor, I have the pleasure of being involved in a variety of industries and innovations. But being an investor, I get to stay focused on the big picture instead of the little details.”

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