"As someone who did the best she could with the talent she had." 
- J.K. Rowling in a interview on 'A Year in the Life' ITV2

... and with the opportunities she was given.

That's not a bad epitaph to aspire to. I've always liked the single-line summaries that Kings and Chronicles gives to the few good kings of Judah...

"Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God." 2 Chron 14:2

That's not a bad thing to aspire to either...