We cannot force shelter upon conditioned souls, but by our own perfect behavior, we can encourage them to respect what we are doing and to begin to desire the peace a Vaisnava brahmana feels. No one can order another to listen to his or her instructions, but we can attract people to Krishna by our nonenvious dealings with one another and with the nondevotees. We can be prepared for people to approach us by increasing our scriptural knowledge and being prepared to speak truthfully and sastrically, without duplicity. Attaining these qualities is the real ladder of success, not climbing from temple devotee to temple president to GBC member.
Lectures from a disciple Vol 1, Pg 73, last Paragraph