Usually we want success just so we can be recognized by others. If we are recognized by others, it will increase our sense of prestige, and that is our motivating force. The desire for recognition is pride. So let us use our intelligence to control our pride. Let us actually be satisfied in service itself, in the desire to please guru and Krishna, and not look for outward recognition. Prahlada Maharaja states that without the desire to render sincere devotional service, everything else we do is simply a show.
(April 29,2001, Kiev)