“An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. (一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰)” — Chinese Proverb
“Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.” — Haruki Murakami
Time is the most incredible lever for growth.
Time is the most precious non-renewable resource.
Time is often considered as a scarce commodity.
The most invisible form of wasted time is doing a good job on an unimportant task.
Nothing will make you more productive than owning your time. Nothing will make you less productive than selling it.
Many people just fill their hours with things that are easy rather than things that are hard, and things that are forgettable rather than things that are memorable.
We often treat our time generously and our money sparingly, but it should be the other way around. It’s easy to notice when you’ve spent money, but the loss of time often goes unnoticed until it’s too late. Make sure you’re making intentional trades — you can always make more money, but you can never make more time. Being cheap with your time and generous with your money allows you to focus on what truly matters and achieve greater freedom in the long run.
Anything you do in life is a trade of your finite remaining time for something else. Therefore, if you truly want something, make it the priority.
Treat time as your ultimate currency—it’s all you have and you can never get it back. Trade it carefully. Spend it wisely, with those you love, in ways you’ll never regret.
When you’re young, you are a “Time Billionaire”—Rich with time.
Skills get you to a million, character takes you to 100 million, and time brings you to a billion.
The rich invest in time. The poor invest in money.
You can choose to either invest, spend, or waste your time.
Time flies, but only flies back to us as a memory.