Capital Stewardship Quotes

“A portfolio that exists in service to God is a portfolio blessed by God.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“City Planning and zoning have huge impacts on a city’s ability to steward various kinds of capital wisely.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Productivity is Godly. Growth is Godly. And waste is Ungodly - both the waste of present resources and the waste of potential gains.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“Capital must be stewarded - it must be acted upon with a spirit of responsibility.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Business for Beginners: Getting Started

“When we act upon capital as stewards, we not only retain it - we multiply it. We grow it. We expand it. And we perpetuate it to impact more and more lives in meaningful ways.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Business for Beginners: Getting Started

“City Planners, collectively, play a huge role in societies’ ability to steward capital wisely. With most of humanity living in cities, their efficiency or lack there of has huge implications for how people interact with resources. And from an ESG perspective, the condition of civilization can be largely measured by the interactions between people and resources”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Disengaged ownership of capital causes ownership of capital disengaged.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Part of being a good steward of capital is paying to others what is due to them for services we received which added value to our lives.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“Whatever good we have, whatever good has been entrusted to us - big or small - let’s work to use it in service to others and to increase it.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“As we go about working in business, let’s always exercise caution and care.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“Whatever the tax rate is, pay it. The cost of non-compliance is greater than the cost of reduction of profits.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“I challenge every business to be a better steward of capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“When architecture is viewed from a capital stewardship perspective, we see that the architect can have a beneficial impact on how vital resources are utilized. Right from the beginning of the design process, the architects choices have the power to influence forests, factories, jobs, land use, community dynamics and so much more. When these things are viewed as capital, and the process of appropriating them is approached with a spirit of stewardship, all of these things are influenced for better instead of for worse. And this results in multiplicative value effects.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth, Business Essentials

“The greatest things in civilization were all made possible by the wise stewardship of Capital. And all of the problems of the world have as their root cause a misuse or waste of capital. Therefore the primary concern for every business and every human endeavor, is the wise stewardship of Capital. And this is especially true for every Chief Sustainability Officer.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“To every Chief Sustainability Officer out there, you have to realize that ESG boils down to managing different kinds of Capital. As Chief Sustainability Officer, you are really the Chief Steward of Capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Implementing Green Infrastructure on the company’s properties is one of the simplest ways to improve its ESG performance.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Mayflower-Plymouth is a leader in Capital Stewardship.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Look at nature. The most urgent priority is the stewardship of capital”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Jesus taught us to be good stewards of capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“What we hold in consciousness, we will hold in flash. And what we lose in consciousness will be lost also in material form.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“Once again, here Jesus is creating value for others – and doing so literally by turning less into more – by multiplying his capital. And how does he turn less into more? How does he multiply his capital? He does it by giving thanks to God, and immediately taking practical actions. Here Jesus is again pairing the esoteric with the practical.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“Again, Jesus is admonishing us to be fruitful; to be productive value adders, and active value adders.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“Whatever good we have, whatever good has been entrusted to us – big or small – let us work to use it in service to others and increase it.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.

“Community cooperatives are a key feature in a Permaculture Economy.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“ESG is already built into our Principles of Permaculture Capital Stewardship. By modeling nature, we operate in a way that respects the environment, promotes thriving beyond sustainability, and applies high ethical standards to governance.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Capital leveraging is something that takes place in natural ecosystems. For example, the trees leverage capital in service to the birds.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“I think every fig tree has in it the potential to produce an abundance of figs. To be a fig tree that does not produce figs is an insult to the creator, and arguably a waste of space – a bad investment.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, 4 Business Lessons From Jesus: A businessmans interpretation of Jesus' teachings, applied in a business context.