Be Brave - Swami Vivekananda

I once read a story about some ships that were caught in a cyclone in
the South Sea Islands, and there was a picture of it in the
Illustrated London News. All of them were wrecked except one English
vessel, which weathered the storm. The picture showed the men who were
going to be drowned, standing on the decks and cheering the people who
were sailing through the storm. Be brave and generous like that.

Whenever darkness comes, assert the reality and everything adverse
must vanish. For, after all, it is but a dream. Mountain-high though
the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy though all things seem,
they are but delusions. Fear not--it is banished. Crush it, and it
vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies. Be not afraid. Think not how
many times you fail. Never mind. Time is infinite. Go forward;assert
yourself again and again, and light must come. You may pray to
everyone that was ever born, but who will come to help you? And what
of the way of death from which none knows escape? Help thyself out by
thyself. None else can help thee, friend. For thou alone art thy
greatest enemy, thou alone art thy greatest friend. Get hold of the
Self, then. Stand up. Don't be afraid.

Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold
on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be
obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and
your country, and you will move the world. Remember it is the person,
the life, which is the secret of power--nothing else..Jealousy is the
bane of all slaves. It is the bane of our nation. Avoid that always.
All blessings attend you and all success.