Maybe it's just me....I thought it was trite, bromidic, and middling.
I agree. Direct to the point, relieving of distress, and balanced.
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. ~ Thoreau”
Then it was fit for its audience: young (albeit intelligent) skulls full of mush. Tripe like that is for the young. Reality is the better teacher, but we have to impart a bit of that foolish dreaming into them, cuz life will steal it away pretty quick regardless.
Of course,it's easy for him to say silly things like this to the young people once he's had the advantage of life and hard knocks and happy fortunes...now that he's in the money. Other folks have the same dreams and setbacks and it leads nowhere. Hardships and setbacks don't entitle folks to happy endings.
But intelligently foolish dreaming (not the lazy dillitante type) is a very necessary part of life; it gives us important things like space shuttles and Charmin.