adequate compensation

my new mantra for living : 'Why be smart if you can't make money off it?". Answer that question, for therein lies the solution to a plethora of life's complexities and problems. Of course I am not advocating that not being smart should sentence you to a life of poverty. Nay! I say. but "why be smart if ... "

get on it

solving a series of smaller problems is always better than solving a single large problem - S.H
true?

Keep keeping on

Whether weary or unweary, O man, do not rest,
Do not cease your single-handed struggle.
Go on, do not rest.
An old Gujarati hymn