Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Never complain and never explain.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Know or listen to those who know.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic.