You have to bow a few times before you can stand upright.
More Japanese Proverbs:
One kind word can warm three winter months.Japanese
Quiet worms will bore a hole in the wall.
Japanese
It is better to be the head of a chicken than the rear of an ox.
Japanese
Fortune will call at the smiling gate.
Japanese
Depend on your walking stick, not on other people.
Japanese
Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.
Japanese