Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows. Charles Buxton
When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you. Morihei Ueshiba
Alas, the blue arc of heaven / Is covered with gloomy clouds, / And the bright radiance of the sun / Is completely hidden See the terrifying force of the tempest / Bows the oaks so that is groans, / And the rose on the beautiful pasture / has ben bent down by the rain. Caspar David Friedrich
Who bows to might loses his right. German Proverb
Whomever needs milk, bows to the animal. Yiddish Proverb
He treads downwards, on his subordinates and bows upwards, before his superiors. Hungarian Proverb