Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit…

Happiness comes the way the wind blows.

— Mikhail Lermontov

fate is not just whose cooking smells good, but which way the wind blows

— Ani DiFranco

That was rude, you *are*! Rabbit knows a thing or two and I myself, don't need a weathervane to tell which way the wind…

— Cheshire Cat

“whichever way the wind blows”

— Rick Riordan

Straw shows which way the wind is blowing.

— Aesop

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]

— Tacitus

I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines !

— Ben Stiller

“It may seem hard to believe, but it's catastrophe that offers the most promise for an even richer life. This is the gateway to…

— Michael J Fox

“Even dead fallen leaves go a long way with the wind before getting crushed.”

— Basith

“you know the way of the wind in the night—the desolate alleys my soul takes”

— john j geddes

Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is.

— John Selden

“The reeds give way to the wind and give the wind away”

— A.R. Ammons

These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the qualities of…

— Harold Nicolson

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

— Aesop

My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be made to look one way or the other fairly…

— Colin Firth