a rolling stone gathers no moss

English

Proverb

a rolling stone gathers no moss

1. A person who never settles in one place will never be successful.
2. A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy.

Translations

proverb

Chinese: Mandarin: 滾石不生苔 (cmn), 滚石不生苔 (cmn) (gǔn shí bù shēng tái) Danish: der gror ikke mos på rullesten (da) Finnish: vierivä kivi ei sammaloidu (fi) French: pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse (fr) Japanese: 転石苔むさず (ja) (てんせきこけむさず, tenseki koke musazu)

Russian: кому на месте не сидится, тот добра не наживёт (ru) (komú na méste ne sidítsja, tot dobrá ne naživjót) (the one who never stays in one place won't get any wealth) Spanish: piedra que rueda no prende musgo (es), piedra que rueda no cría moho (es), piedra movediza nunca moho la cobija (es), hombre de muchos oficios pobre seguro (es)