Your place in life is not fixed by heredity.  

Nor are you condemned to the lower levels by circumstances or lack of opportunity. The Principle of Power in man is sufficient for all the requirements of his soul. The power which is in you is in the things around you, and when you begin to move forward, the things will arrange themselves for your advantage, as described in later chapters of this book. Man was formed for growth, and all things external were designed to promote his growth. No sooner does a man awaken his soul and enter on the advancing way than he finds that not only is God for him, but nature, society, and his fellow men are for him also; and all things work together for his good if he obeys the law.  

Poverty is no bar to greatness, for poverty can always be removed. Martin Luther, as a child, sang in the streets for bread. In multitudes of cases we see men and women who rose from poverty or illness to great wealth, health and power, and we see a Principle of Power in the man that lifts him above all opposition and adversity.