The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners Quotes

“And it turned out that Mama had been right: things did go more smoothly. Once they got into the good manners habit, they didn’t even have to think about it.”

“Mama Bear wasn’t quite sure how or why it happened. But she was sure of one thing-- whatever the reason, the Bear family had become a pushing, shoving, name calling, ill mannered mess!

“The best way to fight bad habits, she thought, was with good habits.”

“But when the angry bear saw how polite Papa was, he remembered his manners too.”

“I think you can have too much of a good thing-- you’ve got to have common sense along with manners!”

“Mama’s plan had a list of all the rude things she wanted to stop. Besides each one was a penalty- a job or chore that went with it.

“But it didn’t work the way they expected. Mama didn’t get fed up at all. After a while Brother and Sister forgot about being super polite and were just polite.”

“Manners and courtesy are just as important away from home-- especially on the road.”

“Instead of just being polite, we’ll be super polite. We’ll ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ so much Mama will get fed up and call the whole thing off.”