"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

This quote means that you can basically accomplish anything you want in life as long as you work hard for it. You have to have determination and never give up. You are going to have many obstacles in your way but an obstacle is there to prove how much you really want something. If you want it badly then you will overcome it. If you don't want it on the other hand, you will give up easily. This quote states that poverty is a choice. This is true because you chose what kind of life you want to have. If you want to live in poverty then you are going to be uneducated, If you don't live in poverty on the other hand or if you got out of poverty it means that education got you out of there. Education and hard work. You can be anything you want , how much you want it is what matters. Many times you will fell like giving you but you have to think about your desire for it and instead of looking at how much you still need look back and look at how much you have advanced.