You can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
More German Proverbs:
Quick believers need broad shoulders.German
Half a house is half a hell.
German
No one knows better where the shoe pinches that he who wears it.
German
Words don't will the sack.
German
When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.
German
Many have good intentions, but something comes across them.
German