Choose your companions, then choose the road
-A Dictionary of Arabic and Islamic Proverbs, Paul Lunde
I knew where and by which road I wanted to go but had no idea of how to get there or go until Hajj Bashir chose the Khabīr and the Khabīr chose the drovers. So I got the proverb backwards, by me first choosing the way and second having the wayfarers chosen for me.