“I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else,and I can change that (poverty). It depends upon how hard i want to work, and i decided that I would change it.”

-Dr.Ben Carson

What this quote means is that You can change the way you live.  Ben is saying poverty is a choice you made and you can change it depending on how hard you work. Ben was failing school very badly and he was living in very poor conditions and then he decided to change that. He decided it that he had enough of being a person who couldn’t do good but know he change that. He knows that if he can do it anyone can. Just out your mind to it and you will do good.