time is money

English

Money is wasted (in lost wages, missed opportunities, etc.) when a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.
- 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 14, in The Pioneers:
  And what do you mean to do with your time this winter? You must remember that time is money.
- 1919, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 31, in Dawn:
  His words and manner carried the crisp terseness of the busy man whose time is money.

time is money

Arabic: الزَّمَن يَعْنِي الْمَال‎ (az-zaman yaʿnī l-māl)
Belarusian: час — гро́шы (čas — hróšy), час — гэ́та гро́шы (čas — héta hróšy)
Bulgarian: вре́мето е па́ри (vrémeto e pári)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一寸光陰一寸金 (zh), 一寸光阴一寸金 (zh) (yīcùn guāngyīn yīcùn jīn), 時間就是金錢, 时间就是金钱 (shíjiān jiù shì jīnqián)
Czech: čas jsou peníze
Danish: tid er penge
Dutch: tijd is geld f
Finnish: aika on rahaa (fi)
French: le temps vaut argent, le temps, c'est de l'argent (fr)
German: Zeit ist Geld (de)
Greek: ο χρόνος είναι χρήμα (el) (o chrónos eínai chríma)
Hindi: समय ही धन है (samay hī dhan hai)
Hungarian: az idő pénz (hu)
Indonesian: waktu adalah uang
Italian: il tempo è denaro
Japanese: 時は金なり (ja) (ときはかねなり, toki wa kane nari)

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