stand alone

Marion G. Romney: The only safety we have in the world for our children is what they build within themselves. We can make restrictions against drinking and smoking, and we can make regulations to guide the affairs of people. We can throw all the protections possible around them. But after all, the thing that holds them in, the final test, is what is inside of them. They must be able to stand alone.

(Book: "Marion G. Romney: His Life and Faith," pg. 153)