If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.

At my core, I know that the American Dream is about the opportunity to work hard to make your future.

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.

They call it the 'American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it.

The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream.