It doesn't really matter who you feel about you character, it just matters what you do with it.
-- Georgia (chapter 6)

Importance: Georgia says this to America when she tells her why the Northern Rebels what her to win the Selection. It supports the answer to the question regarding what one needs for personal success and what holds one back. America doubts herself because she is originally from a class that is lower than that of the other girls. However, as Georgia says, she has done more to help the country than the other girls partly because she has had to learn to take care of herself due to her caste. She is feisty, says what she thinks, and acts upon it. America may not see these things as good traits compared to the posed demeanor of the other girls, but what gives one personal success is what one does with what they have...