Learn English – Equivalent idiom for “God does not have a stick”

You might want a to use an actual, well-known economics term:

• R.O.I: "Return On Investment"

Or

• "Pays for itself"

You would then explain how the subject does this.

Or you might want

• "you can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs"

suggesting that a price MUST be paid to get the intended benefit.

or

• "Killer app", short for "killer application"

which refers to the fact that the very first spreadsheet program for a personal computer allowed accountants|book keepers to justify the entire cost of purchasing an entire expensive PC system because it would divide their workload by a factor of 10 or more. If the computer ONLY ran a spreadsheet, it was worth the price to them. But a computer also does much, much more, like print layout for documents, art, e-Mail, etc..

You might want:

• "Get the ball rolling"

Which conjures the image of giving a boulder a tiny initial push to start it rolling down a hill, after which gravity will take over & keep it rolling.

'Don't speak of me in the same breath as...'? 'Don't lump me in with..'?