OK, all this cliche-badgering is starting to piss me off so I'll state the obvious which you guys clearly don't understand.
The cliche you guys are arguing about is used as a MOTIVATIONAL TOOL, not meant to bear a universal truth. Cliches vary in terms of what they mean to portray but this specific cliche you guys are arguing about is not meant to represent truth.
Duke, I can't believe you're even engaging in this stupid argument.