--- title: "2 Overcoming challenges Quotes By T. Scott McLeod" description: "2 Overcoming challenges quotes by T. Scott McLeod. Plus more from T. Scott McLeod and more Overcoming challenges sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/t-scott-mcleod-13148_acceptance_you-necessarily-have-to-be-lost-before-y_1516734.jpg" --- > [“You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/you-necessarily-have-to-be-lost-before-you-re-found/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/581/t-scott-mcleod-13148_acceptance_you-necessarily-have-to-be-lost-before-y_1516734.jpg) > [“If it is going to kill you,” Enso Roshi says, “then let it kill you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/if-it-is-going-to-kill-you-enso-roshi-says-then-let-it-kill-you/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/t-scott-mcleod-13148_dark-night-of-the-so_if-it-is-going-to-kill-you-enso-roshi-sa_1972049.jpg) ## Other authors on Overcoming challenges - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anil-sinha-13452.jpg) Anil Sinha 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/anil-sinha/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-dr-anil-kr-sinha-3355.jpg) Dr Anil Kr Sinha 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/dr-anil-kr-sinha/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-mark-89514.jpg) Terry Mark 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/terry-mark/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sonya-parker-86224.jpg) Sonya Parker 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/sonya-parker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-senora-roy-422.jpg) Senora Roy 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/senora-roy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/melchor-lim/) - [Linda Armstrong 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/linda-armstrong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeremy-limn-48923.jpg) Jeremy Limn 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/jeremy-limn/) ## More by T. Scott McLeod > [“My belief is the belief of no beliefs. That's my belief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/my-belief-is-the-belief-of-no-beliefs-that-s-my-belief/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“You had to break, to be unbroken. In the brokenness, I had found, that which was unbroken. That which was perfect, and beautiful, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/you-had-to-break-to-be-unbroken-in-the-brokenness-i-had-found-that/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“There were so many beliefs which we had about the world, which then influenced everything, everything, about how we saw the world and interacted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/there-were-so-many-beliefs-which-we-had-about-the-world-which-then/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“To hate the hate was just more hate; to reject the rejection was just more rejection; to judge the judging, just more judging.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/to-hate-the-hate-was-just-more-hate-to-reject-the-rejection-was-just/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“You can't resent another person for not giving you what you didn't ask for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/you-can-t-resent-another-person-for-not-giving-you-what-you-didn-t/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/the-way-is-not-clear-and-it-is-when-you-do-not-have-clarity-when-this/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Can you allow yourself to be impaled on the present moment?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/can-you-allow-yourself-to-be-impaled-on-the-present-moment/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“And could you, from a place of love, actually stand up and, use force, to give someone back, the suffering, they were trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/and-could-you-from-a-place-of-love-actually-stand-up-and-use-force-to/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“If you go to war with your mind, you will always be at war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/if-you-go-to-war-with-your-mind-you-will-always-be-at-war/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/hatred-never-ceases-with-hatred-but-with-love-alone-is-healed/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“The mind is limitless, in its creations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/the-mind-is-limitless-in-its-creations/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/it-is-the-rub-that-polishes-the-jewel-enso-roshi-says-nobody-ever/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Let whatever happens, be what needs to happen, so that I may awaken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/let-whatever-happens-be-what-needs-to-happen-so-that-i-may-awaken/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“Stand in your own two shoes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/stand-in-your-own-two-shoes/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) > [“This would be a secret that I would carry with me, until the day I died.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-scott-mcleod/this-would-be-a-secret-that-i-would-carry-with-me-until-the-day-i-died/) [T. Scott McLeod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-scott-mcleod/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-challenges/t-scott-mcleod/#itemlist", "name": "2 Overcoming challenges Quotes By T. 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