Raise your sail one foot and you get ten feet of wind

Similar sayings:

When you want to test the depths of a stream, don’t use both feet When you want to test the depths of a stream, don’t use both feet
Do not have each foot on a different boat Do not have each foot on a different boat
The careful foot can walk anywhere The careful foot can walk anywhere
Reshape one’s foot to try to fit into a new shoe Reshape one’s foot to try to fit into a new shoe
We forget even incense in easy times; come hard times, we embrace the Buddha’s feet We forget even incense in easy times; come hard times, we embrace the Buddha’s feet

Chinese sayings and proverbs