English to Yiddish proverb

Hi Conan. I'm not recalling this exact saying in yiddish, but i do know that there's a famous and oft-repeated saying from the Talmud: "A prisoner doesn't free himself from the prison" (אין החבוש מתיר את עצמו מבית האסורים), that is, a prisoner/captive, bound with iron chains etc, can not free himself on his own, he needs help from the people on the outside the prison to become free again.

Here's my translation of your saying in yiddish:
פאלן -- פאלט מען אליינס, נאָר אויפהייבן זיך דארפ מען א פרײַנט'ס האנט