shining light

He was a shining light at Southampton in what I thought was a bad game for Liverpool.

"This victory is a shining light for everyone who has been oppressed and a strong warning to any company or contractor practising different forms of torture and abuse."

In Liverpool's biggest game of the season so far he was the shining light in the centre of midfield.

No egos were allowed, not even Brady, as despite being the shining light of the league he regularly restructured his contract and took less than he could have earned elsewhere in order to build a championship-winning side under salary cap constraints.

“Rakim was the shining light in our family. He was a star to us. ... We are devastated,” she said.