to go from being poor to becoming rich and successful
из бедности к богатству и успеху (iz bednosti k bogatstvu i uspehu)
"His life story is a real rags to riches tale."
"Его жизненная история — настоящая история из грязи в князи." (ego zhiznennaya istoriya nastoyashchaya istoriya iz gryazi v knyazi)
there is no limit to what you can achieve
to form your own opinions and make your own decisions
to gradually stop using or providing something
to do something in the easiest or cheapest way, often sacrif...
an exact or equivalent match in value or amount
a family secret that one wants to keep hidden