Jonathan Majors Quotes

I used to think it was good to kind of work within your limitations.

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.

I spent a long part of my childhood repressing my more animalistic desire systems, and in a way, it permits me to do some of the stuff that I would want to be doing in a way that's more comfortable and doesn't break my internal rules. It expands the realm of possibility.

Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.

I think it's important to know your limitations too.

Knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do.

A lot of people do impulsive things. They just go with their moves. I used to do that. Once I was able to control my mind, I was able to control my actions.

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

I'm a grounded person.

I adapt to things quickly, including good things, which I wish I could shut off sometimes.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.

One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.

Human passions, like the forces of nature, are eternal; it is not a matter of denying their existence, but of assessing them and understanding them. Like the forces of nature, they can be subjected to man's deliberate act of will and be made to work in harmony with reason.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!