Glenn Beck uses Friday show to highlight stories of Mitt Romney's generosity

The next day, Smith said, the newspapers were killing him for the remark, and Romney called Smith to apologize. The following day, the milkman showed up, offloaded his milk and gave Smith a bill that was half of its normal size. The same things happened for a month, two months, three months, and then for a full two years, Smith said. Finally, on the day the milkman was to retire, he told Smith that Romney had been paying for the milk.

"Romney's generosity has helped tens of thousands of veterans who are homeless, who have been through this facility, with nourishment," Smith said. "The milk cartons said the name of the milk company, it didn't say, 'donated by Mitt Romney.'"

Those are the types of stories Romney's being encouraged to share, Ryan said during his appearance at the Values Voter Summit in Washington Friday. But while the stories are emerging, they may never come from the candidate himself, he cautioned.

"Mitt Romney is the type we've all run into in our own communities, the man who's right there right away when there's need, but never first in line when praise and credit are being handed out," Ryan said. "He's the kind of person every community could use more of, and he'll be the kind of president who brings out the best in our country."