To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Know or listen to those who know.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
After a storm comes a calm.
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.