Newton second law states that "an object with an unbalanced force acting on it will move in the direction of that force." If I was standing still, talking to someone and someone else was running and they didn't see me and ran into me, I would be forced forward.
Newtons third law states that "forces occur in equal and opposite pairs." If a rocket was going to take off into space the ignition from the rocket and the ground would cause it to go up. The ground pushes the rocket up because of the ignition.