What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him. (John of Shanghai and San Francisco)

What is important is not victory or the position of a victor, but rather the labor of striving towards God and devotion to Him.

John of Shanghai and San Francisco

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