"Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson In Blast of Trumpets author Don Levin shared many of the quotes that have resonated with him throughout his life. In this new exciting collection of quotes, writings, observations, and life lessons, he shares a compilation of his own words that have been like a clarion blast. A life-long Chicago Cubs fan, attorney-at-law, senior sales leader, Army officer, lay minister, and patriarch to an ever growing clan, Don shares leadership, parenting, and life lessons that he has discovered along his own journey through life. "Faith is believing that there is always a seventh inning rally waiting to happen." "Compromise is always wrong when it means sacrificing a principle." "Success starts with recognizing that the glass is half full." "Don't be afraid to cast your own shadow as a leader." "Life is like underwear... change is good."