If you're going through hell, keep going.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
After a storm comes a calm.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Know or listen to those who know.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
I can, therefore I am.
Never complain and never explain.
Well done is better than well said.
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.