Tenacity and patience pays off.

The patience, the tenacity of the gardener for me, it's the spirit of Tessa.

I think the states have an agreement in concept on all the difficult points. I am more than optimistic that we will meet the Feb. 2 deadline.

I have to tell you I am losing a little patience with what appears to me to be an almost pathological obsession with calling into question the actions of men and women who are on the front lines of the war on terror.

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

I can see his tenacity and his yearning to go back this year.