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 world renowned doctor 

A choice: Poverty or Prosperity 

"I hate 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 decide that i would change it."

 What the quote means is that it depends on you if you make your own life and be successful