A person like me should be above that. And how subtle this attitude can be. We need to regularly remind ourselves that it is God, not ourselves, that we sin against. I almost always use Psalm 51 in my prayers of repentance. In my spirit that is what I believe my sins do.
Love is the greatest motivator to obedience.
When you find yourself striving, start loving. The third principle is that our direction, not our position is what counts. I believe our heavenly Father feels the same way about us. The trap here, of course, is that we will fall into rationalization or deception as we tolerate our sins. Change is hard to recognize in ourselves, as is that absence of change.