"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 decided that I would change it."
Ben Carson
This quote means that you can 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.
