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> [All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sentiments in a man are of no account if they do not come forward to strengthen him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/all-higher-motives-ideals-conceptions-sentiments-in-a-man-are-of-no/)

[Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/)

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> [With constant practice, one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making one’s self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dharma-mittra/with-constant-practice-one-can-improve-his-physical-body-and-mental/)

[Dharma Mittra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dharma-mittra/)

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> [The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/the-new-testament-persistently-presses-us-upward-toward-higher/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-morris/this-unusual-and-highly-successful-species-spends-a-great-deal-of/)

[Desmond Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-morris/)

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