“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 poverty shouldn’t get in the way of what you want to do but that the one thing that counts the most is the work you put into all the stuff you do.

Ben Carson

·         Born in the slums of Detroit, in deep poverty

·         His mother and father divorced

·         His mother came from a family of 24 children

·         His mother couldn’t read

·         His mother raised Ben and his brother, Curtis

·         Ben was the worst student in his grade school class

·         Ben becomes top student in his school

·         Ben becomes a world renowned doctor