Although Kennedy is speaking specifically about going to the moon the sentiment can be applied to most situations:
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We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.
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If somebody wants something bad enough they'll find a way to achieve that. When we started working at a food bank 6 years ago I met a lady that came in once a week. Broken english, tattered clothes, barely functional car, etc. you get the picture. It took her 2 years to finally turn things around but when she stopped needing to come to the food bank and started wearing nice new clothes we asked her what had changed. She said she looked for opportunity (that wasn't available for a single mother from Pakistan) and worked hard at it. Last I heard she drives a $70k Lexus and owns a home that's nicer than ours.
So yes, things can be hard. If a single Pakistani mother can come here with a child and two suitcases of things and become who she is today then I see no reason why others can't do the same; American born or otherwise.