[paulryanrogers]

The sentiment may lose its power if factors like inequality and racism make the chances available wildly different for disadvantaged subsets of society.

Hearing such quotes may be to them insult to injury if coming from well born or huge outliers (that got 1/million lucky).

Even the most disadvantaged should still prepare themselves. And ideally get extra help, without pretense, from those who never had to face their precarious circumstances.