Small Business Today Magazine DEC 2014 NOUN INVESTMENTS | Page 12

COVERSTORY

Tony built his business from the ground up and is involved with
all aspects of the transactions for his clients’ satisfaction.
Photo by Gwen Juarez Photography.

that he was forced to go to the Catholic Church to get a letter
from his priest that corroborated that he was a Christian. And he
even had to show the incumbent his baptism certificate! Tony’s
answer to her and other xenophobes like her was this message:
“This is my country and I’m not going anywhere! I may be an immigrant like so many others who came before me in the pursuit
of freedom. I wasn’t born in Texas but I got here as quickly as I
could! I am proud to call Texas my home and I will stay here for
the rest of my life! I fought for my Christian faith back in Lebanon
and I don’t have any problem in fighting one more time for my
Christian faith again in Houston!”

“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.
Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not
a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by
saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
- Denis Waitley
Tony may not have won the election, but for a first time candidate who was slandered and attacked with a barrage of racial
slurs, a naturalized citizen who speaks with an accent and is far
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from the best public speaker - he did pretty darn well considering
he got almost 3,000 votes to the incumbent’s approximate 7,600
votes! In spite of the outcome, Tony’s insurmountable belief that
he would be the best public servant possible for his district has
never faltered. He will always do things with integrity and care as
opposed to a jaded politician who deals with their inadequacies
by running dirty campaigns.

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve
greatly.” - Robert F. Kennedy
Learning a great deal from his first race, Tony has made many
new friends over the past two years. Many of them had opposed
him in the previous election and spoke badly about him before
they got to know Tony Noun, a man who truly cares about his
community and country; a man who has a passion for helping
others; a man who is in it for the purest reasons – not for money
nor fame but to make a difference! Don’t be surprised to see
Tony resurrecting himself again, like a phoenix from the ashes,
stronger and determined more than ever before to succeed in
politics and also continue growing his business so that others can
have jobs and help their families.