The Trumpet As Metaphor
You must stir it and stump it,
And blow your own trumpet,
Or trust me, you haven’t a chance.—W.S. Gilbert
With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance. —Norman Mailer
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.—Theodore Hesburgh