A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.
People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.
A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent." - Chinese Proverb
Pay attention to proverbs.
Don't confuse the finger for the moon
The future is bright like a shining star.
Death is the dance of Life.
A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.
There are no good men among the living, and no bad ones among the dead