time is money

Etymology
Generally attributed to Benjamin Franklin. See 1748 quotation.

Proverb

 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: tyd is geld
 * Arabic: اَلْوَقْتُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ,
 * Belarusian: час — гро́шы, час — гэ́та гро́шы
 * Bulgarian: вре́мето е па́ри
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 時間就是金錢
 * Czech: čas jsou peníze
 * Danish: tid er penge
 * Dutch: tijd is geld
 * Finnish:
 * French: le temps vaut argent,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: समय ही धन है
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: waktu adalah uang
 * Italian: il tempo è denaro
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ពេលវេលា ជាមាសប្រាក់
 * Korean: 시간은 돈이다
 * Lao: ເວລາເປັນເງິນເປັນທອງ
 * Lithuanian: laikas - pinigai
 * Malay: masa itu emas
 * Norwegian: tid er penger
 * Persian: وقت طلاست
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: timpul înseamnă bani
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: el tiempo es oro
 * Swedish: tid är pengar
 * Thai: เวลาเป็นเงินเป็นทอง
 * Turkish: vakit nakittir
 * Ukrainian: час — гро́ші, час — це гро́ші, час — то гро́ші
 * Vietnamese: thời gian là tiền bạc