He's special to me because of his quiet faithfulness to the Lord. This faithfulness has cost him something, and continues to cost him something. But this has given him a heart for people, who by nature struggle and fall. It's also given him a freedom to speak out God's truth very clearly, because it's only God who can make us whole.
I mention this brother because quiet faithfulness to God is a rare and highly contagious thing. There have actually been times when, thinking of what it costs him to be true to the Lord Jesus, I have found enough strength of the moment to say "no" when my old nature wanted to say "yes," or "yes" when my old nature wanted to say "no."
I think this is what we're all meant to do. Not to bully or cajole people into a more faithful walk with the Lord, but to live such a walk, and to meet others where they are and direct them gently, respectfully to Jesus.