“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” -Prof Randy Pausch
I don't agree with that. walls are there mainly to keep people who doesn't pay...
It's the same wrong argument some successful people make that their success is some direct result of hard work, without taking into account things like luck, contacts or a wealthy enough family to be able to take "risks".