to improve one's situation through hard work and determination
улучшить свое положение с помощью упорного труда и решимости (uluchshit svoyo polozhenie s pomoshchyu upornogo truda i reshimosti)
"Despite all the challenges, he pulled himself up by the bootstraps and succeeded."
"Несмотря на все трудности, он взял себя в руки и добился успеха." (nesmotrya na vse trudnosti on vzyal sebya v ruki i dobilsya uspekha)
to avoid mentioning unpleasant details
to express gratitude or recognition
to delay doing something; to do something slowly because you...
to be very successful or happy
to be in charge of or accountable for something
in a safe or stable situation
