Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“Father Brown got to his feet, putting his hands behind him. 'Odd, isn't it,' he said, 'that a thief and a vagabond should repent,…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Well, what was it to be a thief? He met the question at last, face to face, wiping the clammy drops of sweat from…

— Rebecca Harding Davis

“He said that the notion that evil is seldom rewarded was greatly overspoken for if there were no advantage to it then men would…

— Cormac McCarthy

“And if there was little honor in thieving from a thief, he imagined he would feel little shame in it, either.”

— Helene Wecker

“Having been born to wealth, stealing doesn’t fret me as much as it does him.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

“Put a thief among honest men and they will eventually relieve him of his watch.”

— Flann O'Brien

“But God's kindness is meant to lead people to repentance.”

— Ed Lapiz

“When a man's instincts are evil, repentance has a short lease and brief is his gratitude towards those who have done him good.”

— Khuswant Singh

“Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true in the face of evil is a feat of strength.”

— Laini Taylor

“God is a good God and, accordingly, everyone is to be given the chance to turn from their evil ways and repent.”

— Mandy Fender

“He had heard men talk of the unfairness of a death-bed repentance - as if it was an easy thing to break the habit…

— Graham Greene

“He might have been a thief and a liar and a cheat, but he was a good person.”

— Judy Blundell