Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
— Jim Rohn
The real sting of Rohn's observation lies not in the arithmetic—we all know time is finite—but in how we *behave* as though the opposite is true. We treat money like the scarce resource and squander hours we claim to treasure, betting perpetually on a future where we'll finally have "enough" to start living. A parent working sixty-hour weeks to afford a larger house has made a calculation that feels rational until they realize their child's childhood wasn't negotiable currency. The quote's power comes from naming the terrible paradox: we sacrifice the irreplaceable for the replaceable, then wonder why accumulation feels so hollow.
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Will Rogers