--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I've learned that people will forgive…" description: "\"I've learned that people will forgive him, but only to ruin him, he could mess with your heart, leave scars and try to control your body. Don't FORGIVE..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/janissa-luna-246180_forget_i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-hi_757016.jpg" --- # I've learned that people will forgive him, but only to… ![“I've learned that people will forgive him, but only to ruin him, he could mess with your heart, leave scars and try to control your body. Don't FORGIVE,FORGET.” quote by Janissa Luna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/janissa-luna-246180_forget_i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-hi_757016.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/janissa-luna-246180_forget_i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-hi_757016.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/janissa-luna-246180_forget_i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-hi_757016.jpg) > “I've learned that people will forgive him, but only to ruin him, he could mess with your heart, leave scars and try to control your body. Don't FORGIVE,FORGET.” Janissa Luna ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. People may forgive but also exploit, causing lasting damage; the advice is to avoid forgiving and forgetting. **In simple terms:** Forgiving can enable further harm; better to not forgive or forget. Key Takeaway Consider setting boundaries instead of forgiving. Themes forgiveness trust betrayal healing Mood cautious reflective skeptical Type Forget:1 Forgive:0 Forgive forget:0 Forgiveness:0 Don Forgive:1 People Forgive:0 Forgive Ruin:0 When to use this quote - relationships - personal recovery - mental health support Key Concepts psychological manipulation emotional scars control dynamics Questions to Reflect On - When is forgiveness harmful? - How can you protect yourself without forgiving? A Different Perspective Forgiveness can sometimes enable further abuse. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Forgiveness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgiveness/) ## Related quotes > [Trust can only be mended, it can never be fixed. Because people forgive, but they can never forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/trust-can-only-be-mended-it-can-never-be-fixed-because-people-forgive/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everything we do to ourself or to others has it permanent mark in our life, people can only forgive but they can't forget, always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaze-olamiday/everything-we-do-to-ourself-or-to-others-has-it-permanent-mark-in-our/) [Blaze Olamiday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaze-olamiday/) > [We don't forgive people because we are weak. We forgive people because we are strong enough to know we all make mistakes and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-don-t-forgive-people-because-we-are-weak-we-forgive-people-because/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Spoken forgiveness, no matter how heartfelt, works best when we do not demand the response we want. I mean that when we tell people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-b-smedes/spoken-forgiveness-no-matter-how-heartfelt-works-best-when-we-do-not/) [Lewis B. Smedes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-b-smedes/) > [Don't forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jr/don-t-forgive-and-never-forget-do-unto-others-before-they-do-unto-you/) JR > [Some people you can forgive and forget. Some people you cannot forgive or forget. There are other people you can forgive and not forget.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-duke/some-people-you-can-forgive-and-forget-some-people-you-cannot-forgive/) [Bill Duke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-duke/) > [Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/forgive-and-forget-but-never-forget-to-forgive-you-may-find-a-happier/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I forgive, but never forget because I never want to be hurt the same way twice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-forgive-but-never-forget-because-i-never-want-to-be-hurt-the-same/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/everything-is-ended-if-you-forgive-and-forget/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [“If you can't forgive and forget, then pick one and do it ...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-brault/if-you-can-t-forgive-and-forget-then-pick-one-and-do-it/) James Brault > [“If you can fall in love again and again, if you can forgive your parents for the crime of bringing you into the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/if-you-can-fall-in-love-again-and-again-if-you-can-forgive-your/) [Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/) > [Life is too short to waste time harboring bad feelings about anyone. Forgive, forget, then move on!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-austin/life-is-too-short-to-waste-time-harboring-bad-feelings-about-anyone/) [Denise Austin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-austin/) > [If you can't forgive and forget, pick only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-brault/if-you-can-t-forgive-and-forget-pick-only-one/) [Robert Brault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-brault/) > [When you don't forgive you break the bridge that him himself must cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-you-don-t-forgive-you-break-the-bridge-that-him-himself-must/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The most important thing about being a father is being able to forgive yourself. If you don't forgive yourself, you're not going to forgive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evander-holyfield/the-most-important-thing-about-being-a-father-is-being-able-to/) [Evander Holyfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evander-holyfield/) ## More Forget quotes > [I Never met her,i never talked to her,but in my whole day I am either thinking about her or trying to forget her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/subhananda/i-never-met-her-i-never-talked-to-her-but-in-my-whole-day-i-am-either/) [Subhananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/subhananda/) > [What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-hamilton/what-people-tend-to-forget-is-the-journey-that-i-had-getting-to/) [Lewis Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-hamilton/) > [Once upon a time. Ah forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/once-upon-a-time-ah-forget-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kangana-ranaut/forget-the-credit-they-male-actors-take-all-the-money-as-well-we-don/) [Kangana Ranaut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kangana-ranaut/) > [It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/it-goes-to-show-you-how-we-in-the-press-so-often-miss-the-big-stories/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) > [Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/your-memory-is-a-monster-you-forget-it-doesn-t-it-simply-files-things/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) > [“Which people take the time to care for their souls, these days? I reckon not many. But...hear this: I think that maybe in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-fletcher/which-people-take-the-time-to-care-for-their-souls-these-days-i/) [Susan Fletcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-fletcher/) > [The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-niven/the-problem-with-people-is-they-forget-that-most-of-the-time-it-s-the/) [Jennifer Niven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-niven/) > [Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plautus/remind-a-man-of-what-he-remembers-and-you-will-make-him-forget-it/) [Plautus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plautus/) > [“So you try, and try, to move past it and forget about them, but it's like they're stuck in your head -- you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abby-mcdonald/so-you-try-and-try-to-move-past-it-and-forget-about-them-but-it-s/) [Abby McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abby-mcdonald/) > [People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-dever/people-forget-that-there-is-a-big-difference-between-coercion-and/) [Mark Dever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-dever/) > [People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-buechner/people-are-disturbed-not-by-things-but-by-the-view-they-take-of-them/) [Frederick Buechner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-buechner/) > [I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel,' anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-ladd/i-don-t-think-people-will-ever-forget-i-was-an-angel-anymore-than/) [Cheryl Ladd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-ladd/) > [If God knows me I will never forget him](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trunxbeats/if-god-knows-me-i-will-never-forget-him/) Trunxbeats > [Our memory is a monster; you forget it - it does not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/our-memory-is-a-monster-you-forget-it-it-does-not/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) Browse all 11,315 Forget quotes ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've learned that people will forgive him, but only to ruin him, he could mess with your heart, leave scars and try to control your body. Don't FORGIVE,FORGET.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janissa Luna" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janissa-luna/i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-him-but-only-to-ruin-him-he/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Forget" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janissa-luna/i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-him-but-only-to-ruin-him-he/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/janissa-luna-246180_forget_i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-hi_757016.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/janissa-luna-246180_forget_i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-hi_757016.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/janissa-luna-246180_forget_i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-hi_757016.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've learned that people will forgive him, but only to ruin him, he could mess with your heart, leave scars…” — Janissa Luna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Janissa Luna", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janissa-luna/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I've learned that people will forgive...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janissa-luna/i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-him-but-only-to-ruin-him-he/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janissa-luna/i-ve-learned-that-people-will-forgive-him-but-only-to-ruin-him-he/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```