the early bird gets the worm

Proverb

 * 1) Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are available only to the first competitors.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: die oggendstond het goud in die mond
 * Arabic: مِنْ سَبَق أَكْل النَبْق, مِنْ سَبَقْ شَمْ الحَبْقْ
 * Gulf Arabic: من سبق لبق
 * Belarusian: хто ра́на ўстае́ таму́ Бог дае́, а хто спіць да со́нца, таму́ хлеб у като́мцы
 * Catalan: qui matina fa farina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , 近水樓台先得月,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: morgenstund har guld i mund
 * Dutch: morgenstond heeft goud in de mond
 * Finnish: aikainen lintu madon nappaa
 * French:, , la vache la première au pré, lèche toute la rosée
 * German:, Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund
 * Hebrew: הציפור המשכימה קום תופסת את התולעת, המשכים קום, אלוהים נותן לו שילום,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: is leis an mochóirí an lá
 * Italian: chi primo arriva meglio alloggia, chi dorme non piglia pesci, il mattino ha l'oro in bocca
 * Japanese: 早起きの鳥は虫を捕らえる,, 早いもの勝ち
 * Korean: 일찍 일어나는 새가 벌레를 잡는다
 * Macedonian: кој рано рани, две среќи граби
 * Malay: siapa cepat dia dapat
 * Navajo: hashkééł ndaakaiígíí ayóo baa daʼneedééh
 * Norman: heûsi n'a janmais ieu à emprunter du tardi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: morgonstund har gull i munn
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga
 * Romanian: cine se trezește de dimineață, departe ajunge
 * Russian: кто ра́но встаёт, тому́ бог подаёт
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко рано рани две среће граби, птица раноранилица прва црва нађе
 * Roman: ko rano rani dve sreće grabi, ptica ranoranilica prva crva nađe
 * Slovak: komu sa nelení, tomu sa zelení
 * Spanish: a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda
 * Swedish: morgonstund har guld i mund,, morgonstund har guld i mun
 * Turkish: erken kalkan yol alır, erken kalktım işime, şeker kattım aşıma
 * Vietnamese: con chim đầu bắt sâu
 * Zulu: inyoni yokuqala ibamba isibungu